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serve


Definition: Meaning of, serve in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / səːv /

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Prsesent Past Past Participle
serve served served
Present Participle Third Person Singular
serving serves
  1. food/drink [intransitive and transitive] to give someone food or drink, especially as part of a meal or in a restaurant, bar etc
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  2. serve two/three/four etc (people) if food serves two, three etc, there is enough for that number of people
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  3. shop [intransitive and transitive] to help the customers in a shop, especially by bringing them the things that they want
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  4. be useful/helpful [intransitive and transitive] to be useful or helpful for a particular purpose or reason
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  5. do useful work [intransitive and transitive] to spend a period of time doing useful work or official duties for an organization, country, important person etc
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  6. have an effect [intransitive] formal to have a particular effect or result
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  7. provide something [transitive usually passive] to provide an area or a group of people with something that is necessary or useful
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  8. prison [transitive] to spend a particular period of time in prison
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  9. sport [intransitive and transitive] to start playing in a game such as tennis or VOLLEYBALL by throwing the ball up in the air and hitting it over the net
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  10. it serves somebody right spoken used to say that you think someone deserves something unpleasant that happens to them, because they have been stupid or unkind
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  11. serve an apprenticeship to learn a job or skill by working for a particular period of time for someone who has a lot of experience
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  12. serve a summons/writ etc to officially send or give someone a written order to appear in a court of law
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Word Forms:
Singular Plural
serve serves
[countable]
  1. the action in a game such as tennis or VOLLEYBALL when you throw the ball in the air and hit it over the net
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serve used in phrases

serve used in phrasal verbs

  • serve out (phrasal verb)
    1. to continue doing something until you are officially allowed to stop doing it
    2. British English same as serve1
  • serve up (phrasal verb)
    1. [transitive] informal to provide something
    2. [intransitive/transitive] same as serve1
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