She cooked dinner for her family.

Meaning: This means that she prepared the main meal of the day, typically eaten in the evening, by heating it for her group of people related to each other by blood or marriage.

Choice of Words: Cooked means to prepare food by heating it. Dinner is the main meal of the day, typically eaten in the evening. Family is a group of people related to each other by blood or marriage.

Alternative Expressions

She prepared the evening meal for her relatives.

Meaning: This means the same as the first sentence, but it uses different words.

Choice of Words: Prepared is another word for cooked. Evening meal is another way of saying dinner. Relatives is a word for people who are related to each other. When you put these words together, the sentence means that she made the food that her relatives will eat in the evening.

She made food for her kin in the latter part of the day.

Meaning: This means the same as the first two sentences, but it uses different words.

Choice of Words: Made is another word for cooked. Food is what people eat. Kin is another word for relatives. Latter part of the day is another way of saying evening. When you put these words together, the sentence means that she made food for her relatives to eat in the evening.

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