Cater
['keɪtə] or ['ketɚ]
Definition
(n.) A provider; a purveyor; a caterer.
(n.) To provide food; to buy, procure, or prepare provisions.
(n.) By extension: To supply what is needed or desired, at theatrical or musical entertainments; -- followed by for or to.
(n.) The four of cards or dice.
(v. t.) To cut diagonally.
Typist: Virginia
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Purvey, provide food, procure provisions.
Typed by Catherine
Definition
v.i. to provide food entertainment &c. (with for).—ns. Cā′terer; Cā′teress; Cā′tering.
Checked by Leda
Examples
- See if I don't cater for you judiciously. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The demand for pleasure, adventure, romance has been left to the devil's catering for so long a time that most people think he inspires the demand. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The lodging and catering for these visitors from all parts of the world became a considerable business interest for the Alexandrian population. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Typed by Doreen