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How to pronounce diets

noun

Say it like: Dee-ts

The correct spelling is diets. The food and beverage a person or animal consumes. For example: "The diet of the Giant Panda consists mainly of bamboo."

Usage Examples

The diet of the Giant Panda consists mainly of bamboo.

He's been reading a steady diet of nonfiction for the last several years.

I've been dieting for six months, and have lost some weight.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.The food and beverage a person or animal consumes.
  2. 2.A controlled regimen of food and drink, as to gain or lose weight or otherwise influence health.
  3. 3.(by extension) Any habitual intake or consumption.
  4. 4.(usually capitalized as a proper noun) A council or assembly of leaders; a formal deliberative assembly.
  5. 5.A session of exams

verb

  1. 1.To regulate the food of (someone); to put on a diet.
  2. 2.To modify one's food and beverage intake so as to decrease or increase body weight or influence health.
  3. 3.To eat; to take one's meals.
  4. 4.To cause to take food; to feed.

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