Definitions for Cater
ˈkeɪ tərcater

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. provide, supply, ply, caterverb

   give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance

   "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests"

2. caterverb

   supply food ready to eat; for parties and banquets

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. caternoun

   A provider; a purveyor; a caterer.

2. caterverb

   To provide food professionally for a special occasion.

   Did you hire someone to cater our party next week?

3. caterverb

   To provide things to satisfy a person or a need, to serve.

   I always wanted someone to cater to my every whim.

4. Etymology: From catour, from acatour, from achater

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Caternoun

   Provider; collector of provisions, or victuals.

   Etymology: from the verb.

   The oysters dredged in this Lyner, find a welcomer acceptance, where the taste is cater for the stomach, than those of the Tamar. Richard Carew, Survey of Cornwal.

2. Caternoun

   The four of cards and dice.

   Etymology: from the verb.

3. To Caterverb

   To provide food; to buy in victuals.

   Etymology: from cates.

   He that doth the ravens feed,
   Yea providently caters for the sparrow,
   Be comfort to my age. William Shakespeare, As you like it.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cater

   Cater refers to the act of providing food and drink, typically at social events and in a professional capacity. It can also mean to provide for or supply what is needed or desired, often in terms of service or support.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Caternoun

   a provider; a purveyor; a caterer

2. Caternoun

   to provide food; to buy, procure, or prepare provisions

3. Caternoun

   by extension: To supply what is needed or desired, at theatrical or musical entertainments; -- followed by for or to

4. Caternoun

   the four of cards or dice

5. Caterverb

   to cut diagonally

6. Etymology: [OE. catour purchaser, caterer, OF. acator, fr. acater, F. acheter, to buy, provide, fr. LL. accaptare; L. ad + captare to strive, to seize, intens, of capere to take, seize. Cf. Acater, Capacious.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cater

   kā′tėr, v.i. to provide food, entertainment, &c. (with for).—ns. Cā′terer; Cā′teress; Cā′tering. [Lit. to act as a cater, the word being orig. a substantive, and spelled catour, an aphetised form of acater, acatour. See Acater.]

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. CATER

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Cater is ranked #8419 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Cater surname appeared 3,926 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Cater.
   
   75.6% or 2,970 total occurrences were White.
   17.6% or 693 total occurrences were Black.
   2.7% or 107 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2.1% or 85 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.4% or 55 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.4% or 16 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Matched Categories

1. • Give
   • Provide

British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Cater' in Verbs Frequency: #771

Anagrams for Cater »

1. react

2. trace

3. carte

4. crate

5. creta

6. caret

7. creat

8. recta

How to pronounce Cater?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Cater in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Cater in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Cater in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Cater in a Sentence

1. James Gunn:

   There are a lot of heartless, soulless, spectacle films out there that don't reflect what should be happening, i can't tell you the amount of times I've talked to film directors before they went and made a big movie, and said, 'Hey, we're in this together, let's do something different with these big movies. Let's make them something different than everything that has come before them.' And then see them cater to every single studio whim and be grossed out, frankly.

2. Syed Jaffar Hussain:

   For the time being, looking at the number of injured, and the number of those being affected, these supplies can cater for 3 to 4 weeks, but if there is no ceasefire and there is no reduction in the scale, scope and intensity of the conflict, even if it goes by the current intensity, we will run out of these supplies.

3. Mat Oakley:

   None of the major European cities could cater for that kind of demand at the click of fingers or even with six months notice, the markets across Europe are pretty tight in terms of vacancy rates and lenders are so risk averse in terms of speculative office development that a bank would have to do a pre-let (commit to rent a property before it has been built), or buy a site.

4. George Pavlakos:

   We used to cater to a lot of the Yankees. They used to come in and we’d feed them breakfast.

5. Kakadu Tourism chair Rick Allert:

   The whole area has really come of age, but we could cater for thousands more visitors, it’s a huge area, and less than three hours drive from Darwin.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Cater
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Cater
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Cater
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Cater
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Cater
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html