Meaning of diet In English

• 0 the food and drink usually eaten or drunk by a person or group:

  • Diet varies between different countries in the world.

  • a healthy/balanced/varied diet

  • Rice is the staple diet (= most important food) of many people in China.

  • The children seem to exist on a diet of fried food.

  • I'm going on a diet next week and hope to lose ten pounds before Christmas.

  • a crash/strict/calorie-controlled diet

  • The doctor put me on a low-salt diet to reduce my blood pressure.

  • He was brought up on a diet of political propaganda from birth.

  • Network TV only offers a diet of bad reality shows every night.

• 1 Diet food or drink contains less sugar or fat than the usual type, and often contains an artificial sweetener:

  • diet cola

• 2 to limit the food and/or drink that you have, especially in order to lose weight:

  • You should be able to reduce your weight by careful dieting.

• 3 the food and drink usually taken by a person or group:

  • [ C ] A healthy diet includes fresh vegetables.

  • [ C ] fig. Gifted students given a steady diet of grade-level curriculum learn they don’t need to work hard.

  • [ C ] a low-salt diet

  • [ C ] I’m going on a diet because I’ve got to lose some weight.

• 4 to limit the food that you take, esp. in order to lose weight:

  • He began dieting a month ago and says he has lost ten pounds already.

• 5 (of food or drink) containing much less sugar than usual and often sweetened artificially, or containing less fat than usual:

  • diet soda