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How to pronounce diet

IPA transcription: ['daɪət]

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Noun

  • a prescribed selection of foods

  • a legislative assembly in certain countries (e.g., Japan)

  • the usual food and drink consumed by an organism (person or animal)

  • the act of restricting your food intake (or your intake of particular foods)

Verb

  • follow a regimen or a diet, as for health reasons

    “He has high blood pressure and must stick to a low-salt diet”

  • eat sparingly, for health reasons or to lose weight

Usage examples

  • The diet's high fat ratio may increase the risk of heart disease.
  • Imperial diet.
  • She plans to write a third, "The Kind Diet Cookbook".
  • Dietary supplements also lack evidence to support their use.
  • Their diet consists mainly of fruits, insects and leaves.
  • Because she is diabetic, a low-carbohydrate diet is recommended.
  • Exercise and diet can restore vitality.
  • I have the diet of a kid who found twenty dollars.
  • I have the diet of a kid who found twenty dollars.
  • The diet of Sclater's guenon is unknown.