Cater

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To provide food or entertainment.
  • verb-intransitive. To be particularly attentive or solicitous; minister: The nurses catered to my every need. The legislation catered to various special interest groups.
  • v. To provide food service for: a business that caters banquets and weddings.
  • v. To attend to the wants or needs of.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To provide food professionally for a special occasion.
  • v. To provide things to satisfy a person or a need, to serve.
  • n. A provider; a purveyor; a caterer.
  • v. To cut diagonally.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A provider; a purveyor; a caterer.
  • verb-intransitive. To provide food; to buy, procure, or prepare provisions.
  • verb-intransitive. 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. To cut diagonally.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A caterer; a purveyor; an acater.
  • To make provision, as of food, entertainment, etc.; act as a purveyor: as, to cater to a depraved appetite.
  • n. The four-spot of cards or dice.
  • To cut diagonally.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. supply food ready to eat; for parties and banquets
  • v. give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance
  • Verb Form
    catered    catering    caters   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    provide    supply    ply   
    Form
    catered    catering    caterer   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    provider    purveyor    caterer    provided   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Crater    Creator    Decatur    Equator    Lemaitre    Mercator    Pater    Slater    amphitheater    amphitheatre   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    barman    dine    r&d    sanitation    multinational    laundry