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Hello, If some people gather and eat together at one place, what name would you give this type of gathering? See the picture here. Forums Dictionarysearch:  English-Spanish English-French English-Italian English-German English-Dutch English-Russian English-Portuguese English-Polish English-Romanian English-Swedish English-Czech English-Greek English-Turkish English-Chinese English-Japanese English-Korean English-Arabic Spanish-English French-English Italian-English German-English Dutch-English Russian-English Portuguese-English Polish-English Romanian-English Swedish-English Czech-English Greek-English Turkish-English Chinese-English Japanese-English Korean-English Arabic-English Spanish-French Spanish-Portuguese Spanish-Catalan French-Spanish Portuguese-Spanish Englishdefinition Englishsynonyms Englishcollocations Englishusage Italiandefinition Spanishdefinition Spanishsynonyms Catalandefinition Spanish French Italian Login Register What'snew Search Rules/Help/FAQ Members InterfaceLanguage Menu Login Register Installtheapp Install Forums EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Youareusinganoutofdatebrowser.Itmaynotdisplaythisorotherwebsitescorrectly.Youshouldupgradeoruseanalternativebrowser. Meal-gathering? Threadstarter shop-englishx Startdate Feb16,2016 shop-englishx Banned Urdu Hello, Ifsomepeoplegatherandeattogetheratoneplace,whatnamewouldyougivethistypeofgathering? Seethepicturehere. Notethatthesepeoplecanbefriends,familymembersorcolleagues(whoworkataninstitutiontogether,) Manythanks,   suzibr SeniorMember Cheshire English/England Theyarehavingamealtogether.Itmightbecalledaparty,insomecontexts.   PaulQ SeniorMember UK English-England Itiscalled"ameal"or"dinner." A:"DoyouknowtheMehboobfamily?" B:"Yes.Iknowthemwell.Iwenttotheirhousefordinner/amealafewdaysago."   shop-englishx Banned Urdu PaulQsaid: Itiscalled"ameal"or"dinner." A:"DoyouknowtheMehboobfamily?" B:"Yes.Iknowthemwell.Iwenttotheirhousefordinner/amealafewdaysago." Clicktoexpand... Thanks, Ifthisgatheringisa'meal',canIuseitthisway? IwenttotheMehboobfamily,Ifoundoutthatonepersonwasmissinginthatmeal(gathering).   J joanvillafane SeniorMember U.S.,NewJersey U.S.English MaybeaBE/AEdifference.Iwouldnotcallita"meal." Tome,amealiswhatthey'reeating.It'snotawordweusemuchinthiscontext,excepttorefertothefood. I'dcallitadinner.Ifit'sforaspecialoccasion,youcanspecify:-aholidaydinner,aretirementdinner,abirthdaydinner,etc.   PaulQ SeniorMember UK English-England InBE,"meal"ismoreinformal.Itcouldtakeplaceonthelawnorintheconservatoryaswellasinthedining-room/area.'Dinner'stillcarriessomeofitsearlierconnotationsof"appearwell-dressed,expectaminimumofthreecourses,andthetableinthedining-roomwillbewell-laidout-yourseatingpositionswillbeallocatedatthetime."-althoughitdoesnotalwayshappenlikethat.   shop-englishx Banned Urdu Hello, Ithink'dinner'isnotageneralwordforthistypeofgathering,becauseI'mlookingforageneralnameforthisgathering(itmaybeatmorning,itmaybeatnoon-itmaybeatanytimewhenpeoplesitandenjoyeatingtogether),moreover,IwonderifIcanuse'meal'tomeangatheringornot.(Havealootatmyexamplein#4)   Lastedited:Feb16,2016 suzibr SeniorMember Cheshire English/England shop-englishxsaid: Hello,Paulsir. Ithink'dinner'isnotageneralwordforthistypeofgathering,becauseI'mlookingforageneralnameforthisgathering(itmaybeatmorning,itmaybeatnoon-itmaybeatanytimewhenpeoplesitandenjoyeatingtogether),moreover,IwonderifIcanuse'meal'tomeangatheringornot.(Havealootatmyexamplein#4) Clicktoexpand... IhavetoldyouweusemealintheUK.Itdoesn'tmean"gathering",itmeanseatingtogether. Someoneelsehassaidtheydon'tuseitthiswayintheUSA   PaulQ SeniorMember UK English-England shop-englishxsaid: IwenttotheMehboobfamilyandIfoundoutnoticedthatonepersonwasmissinginthatfromthemeal(gathering). Clicktoexpand... or"IwenttotheMehboobfamilyandIfoundoutnoticedthatonepersonatthemealwasmissing."   shop-englishx Banned Urdu Thankyouverymuch,sir, Myproblemsolved.   Youmustloginorregistertoreplyhere. Share: Facebook Twitter Reddit WhatsApp Email Share Link Forums EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Top