cater
verb/ˈkeɪtə(r)/
/ˈkeɪtər/
[intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they cater | /ˈkeɪtə(r)/ /ˈkeɪtər/ |
| he / she / it caters | /ˈkeɪtəz/ /ˈkeɪtərz/ |
| past simple catered | /ˈkeɪtəd/ /ˈkeɪtərd/ |
| past participle catered | /ˈkeɪtəd/ /ˈkeɪtərd/ |
| -ing form catering | /ˈkeɪtərɪŋ/ /ˈkeɪtərɪŋ/ |
- to provide food and drinks for a social event
- (British English) cater for somebody/something Most of our work now involves catering for weddings.
- (British and North American English) cater something Who will be catering the wedding?
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from obsolete cater ‘caterer’, from Old French acateor ‘buyer’, from acater,achater ‘buy’, based on Latin captare ‘seize’, from capere ‘take’.Definitions on the go
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