cater

«cater» in Mova's school dictionary: To provide food and drinks for an event, such as a party… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (cater, caters, catered, catering); noun catering, caterer

meaning for a pupil

1) To provide food and drinks for an event, such as a party or wedding. tree →

2) To cater for (UK) / to (US): to provide what a group of people needs or wants. tree →

3) To cater to: to try too hard to please someone. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life: who caters the party, school catering. In formal exam language: «the club caters for children aged 5 to 12». Phrases: cater for, cater to, catering company, self-catering (you cook for yourself).

examples

• A local bakery catered the birthday party. tree →
• The camp caters for children of all ages. tree →
• The menu caters to vegetarians too. tree →
• We stayed in a self-catering cottage. tree →
• The hotel can cater for 200 guests. tree →
• Mum works in catering at the hospital. tree →

note

UK prefers «cater for», US prefers «cater to». In maths problems, «a company caters for 50 guests at 10 dollars each» means multiply. Do not confuse with «caterpillar».

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «cater» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.