serve
US /sɝv/
verb Foundation · A2 Ăn uống
Definition
serve a purpose, role, or function
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
The café will serve breakfast and lunch to hotel guests daily.
Word Family
Synonyms
- catergive what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance
- assistthe activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
- attend tohaving a meaning similar to serve
Collocations
- Easy serve tea to gueststo serve tea to guests, meaning to serve a purpose, role, or function
- Medium serve customers with a welcoming smileto serve customers with a welcoming smile, meaning to serve a purpose, role, or function
- Hard serve on the corporate advisory councilto serve on the corporate advisory council, meaning to serve a purpose, role, or function
- Very Hard serve two masters with irreconcilable allegiancesto serve two masters with irreconcilable allegiances, meaning to serve a purpose, role, or function
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