cater
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English catour (“buyer”), from acatour, from Old French achater (“to buy, to purchase”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkeɪtə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkeɪtɚ/, [ˈkʰeɪ̯ɾɚ]
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪtə(r)
Verb
cater (third-person singular simple present caters, present participle catering, simple past and past participle catered)
- (transitive) To provide food professionally for a special occasion.
- Did you hire someone to cater our party next week?
- (transitive, often with to) To provide things to satisfy a person or a need, to serve.
- I always wanted someone to cater to my every whim.
Derived terms
- caterer
- cater for
- cater to
Translations
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Noun
cater (plural caters)
- (obsolete) A provider; a purveyor; a caterer.
Etymology 2
Verb
cater (third-person singular simple present caters, present participle catering, simple past and past participle catered)
- (obsolete) To cut diagonally.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)
Etymology 3
Alternative forms
Noun
cater (plural caters)
- (card games, dice games) The four of cards or dice.
Translations
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for cater in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Anagrams
Ladin
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Etymology
Adjective
cater
Noun
cater m (uncountable)
Middle Dutch
Noun
cāter m
Inflection
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