diet

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.5 Anagrams

[edit] English

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[edit] Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -aɪət

[edit] Etymology

• From Old French diete, from Mediaeval Latin dieta from Ancient Greek δίαιτα.

[edit] Noun

diet (plural diets)

1. The food and beverage a person or animal consumes.

   The diet of the Giant Panda consists mainly of bamboo.

2. (countable) A controlled regimen of food and drink, as to gain or lose weight or otherwise influence health.
3. By extension, any habitual intake or consumption.

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

4. (countable) A council or assembly of leaders; a formal deliberative assembly.

[edit] Derived terms

• dietarian
• dietary
• dieter
• dietetics

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

to diet (third-person singular simple present diets, present participle dieting, simple past and past participle dieted)

1. (intransitive) To modify one's food and beverage intake so as to decrease or increase body weight or influence health.

[edit] Anagrams

• edit
• tide
• tied