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外食する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

eating out; dining out

Refers to eating meals outside the home, typically at restaurants, cafeterias, or takeout. Commonly used as a noun or with する to mean 'to eat out'.

外がい食しょくに行いくto go out to eat
今こん夜やは外がい食しょくに行いこうか。
Shall we go out to eat tonight?
外がい食しょくを控ひかえるto cut back on eating out
健けん康こうのために外がい食しょくを控ひかえている。
I'm cutting back on eating out for my health.
外がい食しょくが続つづくto keep eating out (for a stretch of time)
忙いそがしくて外がい食しょくが続つづいている。
I've been eating out a lot because I've been busy.
〈人ひと〉と外がい食しょくするto eat out with someone
友とも達だちと外がい食しょくすることが多おおい。
I often eat out with friends.

内うち食しょく
外食 means eating out at restaurants, while 内食 means eating home-cooked meals at home.
自じ炊すいN3
外食 means eating out at restaurants, the direct opposite of 自炊, which means preparing your own meals at home.

中なか食しょく
外食 is eating at a restaurant, whereas 中食 is buying takeout or ready-made food to eat at home, a middle ground learners often confuse with 外食.
自じ炊すいN3
外食 means eating out, while 自炊 means cooking for oneself at home, so the two are often contrasted when discussing meal habits.

Compound of 外 (outside) and 食 (eating). The reading is on'yomi, and the word is a straightforward Sino-Japanese coinage.