diet

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di•et

[[t]ˈdaɪ ɪt[/t]] n.

1) nut food and drink considered in terms of qualities, composition, and effects on health

2) nut a particular selection of food, esp. for improving a person's physical condition or to prevent or treat disease:

a low-fat diet[/ex]

3) nut such a selection or a limitation on the amount a person eats for reducing weight:

to go on a diet[/ex]

4) nut the foods habitually eaten by a particular person, animal, or group

5) any–thing habitually provided or partaken of:

a steady diet of game shows and soap operas[/ex]

6) to select or limit the food one eats, esp. to lose weight

7) to eat according to the requirements of a diet

8) to regulate or limit the food of

9) to feed

10) cvb suitable for consumption with a weight-reduction diet:

diet soda[/ex]

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Etymology: 1175–1225; diete < OF < L diaeta < Gk díaita way of living di′et•er, n. II

di•et

[[t]ˈdaɪ ɪt[/t]] n.

1) why the legislative body of certain countries, as Japan

2) why the general assembly of the estates of the former Holy Roman Empire

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Etymology: 1400–50; late ME < ML diēta public assembly, appar. the same word as L diaeta (see diet I) with sense affected by L diēs day