Dietary Meaning
/ˈdaɪət(ə)ɹi/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA regulated diet that excludes or constrains certain types of food, especially for health reasons; also, a book or similar setting out such regulations.
nounA prescribed meal plan setting out how the inhabitants of an institution (such as a prison, hospital etc.) should be fed, and on what foods.
Sentence Examples
Dietary fibre is good for losing weight.
The number of anorexic high school girls practicing extreme dietary restrictions is increasing.
She changed her dietary habits to improve her overall health.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The doctor gave her a list of ____ restrictions for her condition.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
____ fibre is good for losing weight.
Word Origin & History
From Medieval Latin diētārium (“book prescribing diet”), from Latin diaeta (“diet”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"In general, beets, carrots, and turnips are all of aphrodisiac value in erotic dietary."
— 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 42:
"“Do I understand that he asked for more, after he had eaten the supper allotted by the dietary?” “He did, sir,” replied Bumble."
— 1837 February, Boz [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], “Treats of Oliver Twist’s Growth, Education, and Board”, in Oliver Twist; […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], published 1838, →OCLC, page 30:
"I cannot speak with any confidence of the pre-war dietary of asylum patients, which no doubt differs widely in different asylums."
— 1921, Montagu Lomax, The Experiences of an Asylum Doctor, London: Allen & Unwin, page 119:
"For example, the antitumour depsipeptide kahalalide F was isolated from the opisthobranch mollusc Elysia rufescens, and is used by both the mollusc and its dietary alga Bryopsis spp."
— 2016 January 21, “Choose Your Weaponry: Selective Storage of a Single Toxic Compound, Latrunculin A, by Closely Related Nudibranch Molluscs”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The doctor gave her a list of ____ restrictions for her condition.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
____ fibre is good for losing weight.