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# supper

«supper» in Mova's school dictionary: **the evening meal, especially a light or simple one, or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (supper, a supper, suppers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Supper is the evening meal, especially a light or simple one, or the last meal before bed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supper/#m1)

2) (UK, regional) In some families and regions "supper" means the main evening meal, the same as dinner or tea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supper/#m2)

3) (Bible, church) The Last Supper was the meal Jesus shared with his disciples the night before he died; the Lord's Supper is another name for Holy Communion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supper/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Different English-speaking families use dinner, tea and supper differently: in northern England "tea" is the evening meal and "supper" a snack before bed; in the USA and Canada "supper" and "dinner" are often the same. In RE, the Last Supper is painted in a famous picture by Leonardo da Vinci. Phrases: have supper, at supper, eat your supper, a fish supper (Scotland: fish and chips), sing for your supper (do something in return for help).

### examples

- We had soup and toast for supper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supper/#x1)
- Come in, it's time for supper! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supper/#x2)
- At the Last Supper, Jesus broke the bread. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supper/#x3)
- Grandma makes cocoa for supper before bed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supper/#x4)
- In Scotland we got a fish supper from the chip shop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supper/#x5)
- Our church shares the Lord's Supper once a month. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supper/#x6)
- You'll have to sing for your supper and help wash up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supper/#x7)
- Servants came, and he ordered supper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supper/#x8)

### note

Usually uncountable ("have supper", no "a"), but "a hot supper" is fine. Spelling: double p — supper (meal); super (great) has one p and says "SOO-per".

### In the corpora

- [The Rat chatters away about the fire and the supper waiting at home and doesn't notice how quiet the Mole has gone.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/42-willows-ch5-part2-mole-end/0/)
- [The Mole protests — too late, too dark, and the Rat's supper!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/42-willows-ch5-part2-mole-end/8/)
- [«Hang River Bank, and supper too!» says the Rat, and takes his arm.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/42-willows-ch5-part2-mole-end/9/)
- [After supper there is a heavy knock: Badger, muddy and rough from nights outdoors.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/67-willows-ch11-part3-badger-and-mole-come-home/4/)
- [After a fine supper the Woman looks at a mutton blade-bone and makes the First Singing Magic.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/93-justso-cat-1-the-first-friend-and-the-first-servant/2/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «supper» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supper/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.