1
a
: the evening meal especially when dinner is taken at midday
b
: a social affair featuring a supper
especially
: an evening social especially for raising funds
a church supper
2
: the food served as a supper
eat your supper
3
: a light meal served late in the evening
Examples of supper in a Sentence
I always enjoyed our Sunday night suppers.
It's almost time for supper.
We took a walk after supper.
I had too much wine at supper.
He didn't come home for supper.
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Predictably, Morgan's 3-year-old wasn't a fan of the zingy salmon supper, but the mom was prepared.
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Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
The use of fine china — and of other accouterments associated with formal supper, like silverware — has been on a downward slope for over a century, and in a nosedive in recent decades.
—Rukmini Callimachi, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Paola, who’s working on a graduate architecture degree at Yale, was eating supper in Berlin.
—Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
Call me suspicious, or skeptical, or even late for supper, but — just going out on a limb here — once built, that seven-story diesel pump will probably give Whirlpool a run for its money.
—Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2025
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Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
The use of fine china — and of other accouterments associated with formal supper, like silverware — has been on a downward slope for over a century, and in a nosedive in recent decades.
—Rukmini Callimachi, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Paola, who’s working on a graduate architecture degree at Yale, was eating supper in Berlin.
—Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
Call me suspicious, or skeptical, or even late for supper, but — just going out on a limb here — once built, that seven-story diesel pump will probably give Whirlpool a run for its money.
—Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Supper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/supper. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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supper
noun
sup·per
ˈsəp-ər 
1
a
: the evening meal especially when dinner is eaten at midday
b
: a social affair having a supper
2
: a light meal served late in the evening
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