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Etymology
- From Old French diete, from Mediaeval Latin dieta from Ancient Greek δίαιτα.
Noun
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Singular diet |
Plural diets |
diet (plural diets)
- The food and beverage a person or animal consumes.
- The diet of the Giant Panda consists mainly of bamboo.
- (countable) A controlled regimen of food and drink, as to gain or lose weight or otherwise influence health.
- By extension, any habitual intake or consumption.
- He's been reading a steady diet of nonfiction for the last several years.
- (countable) A council or assembly of leaders; a formal deliberative assembly.
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Verb
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Infinitive to diet |
Third person singular diets |
Simple past dieted |
Past participle dieted |
Present participle dieting |
to diet (third-person singular simple present diets, present participle dieting, simple past and past participle dieted)
- (intransitive) To modify one's food and beverage intake so as to decrease or increase body weight or influence health.
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