/sɜːv/
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Translation
To give food or drink to someone, or to do work that helps people.
Word origin
From Latin servire, meaning to be a servant, from servus, a slave.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- servire
- English cognates
- service, servant
Grammar
Verb typeregular (serve, serves, served)
Examples
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"Serve" means to bring food to people.
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"Served" is the past form.
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"Serve" here means to do work for a country or group.
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