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cater

ca·ter

cater

 
 
pronunciation:
keI tr
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part of speech: verb
inflections: caters, catering, catered
definition 1: to supply food or other service.
His business caters for children's parties.
similar words:
accommodate, entertain, provide, serve, wait
definition 2: to supply anything needed or wanted (usually followed by "to").
This music store caters to young people.
synonyms:
provide, wait on
similar words:
entertain, indulge, please, satisfy, serve
definition 3: to supply food or service for.
The company catered a wedding luncheon.
synonyms:
provision, serve
similar words:
entertain, furnish, provide, supply
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adverb + (v.)cater regularly
(v.)cater + adverb exclusively, largely, mainly, mostly, primarily, specifically
(v.)cater + nounHelp affair, airline, appetite, audience, banquet, borrower, buffet, buyer, celebrity, client, consumer, cook, crowd, customer, demand, desire, developer, diner, dinner, diver, event, fantasy, fare, food, foreigner, gambler, gourmet, guest, hip, hunter, immigrant, industry, interest, investor, kitchen, like, listener, local, lunch, luncheon, maid, market, meal, need, niche, party, patron, pet, photographer, preference, professional, reception, salmon, sandwich, segment, senior, taste, teen, tent, tourist, trade, trader, traveler, viewer, visitor, want, wedding, whim  [See all][See only the most frequent]
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