"diet" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdaɪət/ Audio: en-us-diet.ogg [US] Forms: diet [singular], diets [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A diet is the food that an animal, person, or group usually eats.
    Sense id: simple-diet-en-noun-5yQqj2Z~
  2. A diet is a controlled set of foods chosen for health purposes.
    Sense id: simple-diet-en-noun-DDqvguFS
  3. A diet of something is something your experience regularly, usually something negative.
    Sense id: simple-diet-en-noun-T9sf~fUw
  4. A diet is a council of political leaders.
    Sense id: simple-diet-en-noun-v5ry~9zm

Verb

IPA: /ˈdaɪət/ Audio: en-us-diet.ogg [US] Forms: diet [canonical], diets [third-person, singular], dieted [past], dieted [past, participle], dieting [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you diet, you limit the food you eat to lose weight.
    Sense id: simple-diet-en-verb-ix17Xl8v Categories (other): Verbs
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          "text": "Several studies have suggested that high-fat diets can directly increase the risk of this cancer."
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          "text": "Studies confirm that vegetarian is a healthful and balanced diet."
        },
        {
          "text": "I exercise, watch my diet and have good genes."
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          "text": "Oprah Winfrey wasn't the only celebrity who transformed her body through exercise and diet last year."
        },
        {
          "text": "He said he lost weight because of his new vegetarian diet."
        },
        {
          "text": "It's strange to see somebody at a movie buy jumbo popcorn and a huge diet coke."
        },
        {
          "text": "They demand that you start getting serious about both proper exercise and diet."
        },
        {
          "text": "She stuck to the strict diet for the first two weeks and her blood pressure came down."
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          "text": "This week, the Japanese parliament, the Diet, considered but did not act on a resolution apologizing for Pearl Harbor."
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        },
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