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Definition of 'cater'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) cater
to provide food, service, etc., as for a party or wedding.

2. cater
to provide or supply what is needed or gives pleasure, comfort, etc. (usu. fol. by to or for):
to cater to popular demand.

3. (v.t.) cater
to provide food and service for:
to cater a reception.

Etymology: (1350–1400; v. use of obs. cater, ME catour, aph. var. of acatour buyer < AF, =acat(er) to buy (see cate ) +-our -or²)

Definition of 'cater'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) provide, supply, ply, cater
give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance
"The hostess provided lunch for all the guests"

2. (verb) cater
supply food ready to eat; for parties and banquets

Definition of 'cater'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) cater
a provider; a purveyor; a caterer

2. (noun) cater
to provide food; to buy, procure, or prepare provisions

3. (noun) cater
by extension: To supply what is needed or desired, at theatrical or musical entertainments; -- followed by for or to

4. (noun) cater
the four of cards or dice

5. (verb) cater
to cut diagonally

Translation of 'cater'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to provide food etc We cater for all types of functions.
Afrikaans: spysenier	Arabic: يُزَوِّدُ بالطَّعام	Bulgarian: снабдявам
Brazilian: abastecer	Czech: dodávat (jídlo), zásobova	German: liefern
Danish: levere maden	Greek: αναλαμβάνω την τροφοδοσία	Spanish: proveer comida, abastecer
Estonian: hankima	Farsi: سور سات فراهم کردن	Finnish: tarjoilla
French: fournir des repas	Hebrew: לְסֵּפק שֵרוּתֵי הַסעָדָה	Hindi: खिलाना, पिलाना
Croatian: opskrbljivati hranom	Hungarian: ellát	Indonesian: menyediakan makanan
Icelandic: sjá fyrir mat og öðrum ve	Italian: provvedere cibi, bevande,	Japanese: まかなう
Korean: 음식을 제공하다	Lithuanian: tiekti maistą	Latvian: sagādāt; piegādāt (pārtik
Malay: menyajikan	Dutch: maaltijden verzorgen	Norwegian: levere mat
Polish: zaopatrywać	Persian: سور سات فراهم کردن	Pashto: خواړه تېته كول: دضرورت وړ
Portuguese: abastecer	Russian: поставлять провизию	Slovak: dodávať (jedlo)
Slovenian: preskrbovati (s hrano)	Serbian: snabdeti hranom	Swedish: leverera mat (måltider),
Thai: จัดอาหาร	Turkish: ikram hizmeti yapmak	Taiwanese: 送餐
Ukrainian: постачати провізію	Urdu: کھانا بہم پہنچانا	Vietnamese: cung cấp lương thực
Chinese: 供应伙食
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