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Meaning of serve in English

(Definition of serve from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of serve from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of serve from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of serve

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This evidence suggests that planning and control each serve a specialized purpose utilizing distinct visual representations.
The possibility remains, however, that the pamphlet was not used in performance but served a purely symbolic purpose.
And finally, what purposes (psychological, social, cultural) does such canon formation serve?
The teachers, as working women who were active in civic affairs, served as role models to the pupils.
It is not clear how dynamical systems serve as a psychological explanation as opposed to a complex description of behavior.
When the server starts up, it parses the configuration file, and if there are no errors found, immediately starts serving requests.
Often, the legal system (and/or its functionaries) serves as a barrier to any proper resolution of the questions surrounding the narrative and plot structure.
The core of the material is presented in sufficient detail that the survey may serve as a text for teaching constrained global optimization.
Our paper served to report about specific systems, a composition, and a performance.
The notion of "change over time" in dream content (from ancestral themes to current themes) is problematic because such change would serve no obvious function.
Along with fundoscopy, individual color spaces may serve for monitoring early functional changes and thereby to support a treatment strategy.
In fact, the controlled laboratory events that served as the mnemonic targets of this investigation were relatively pedestrian.
This is a reasonable assumption because individual trees serving as parents are usually selected randomly from natural populations.
The differences in the contexts in which these vessels were used indicate that they varied in their suitability to serve in social strategies.
The food is typically served only after any business, such as praying, is complete, and only then is there much conversation.
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Translations of serve

in Chinese (Traditional)
提供食物/飲料, 提供(食物或飲料), 工作…
in Chinese (Simplified)
提供食物/饮料, 提供(食物或饮料), 工作…
in Spanish
servir, atender, cumplir (una sentencia)…
in Portuguese
servir, cumprir, trabalhar…
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वाढणे, नोकरी करणे, सेवा बजावणे…
(~に)食事を出す, (客)に対応する, 接客する…
hizmet etmek, servis yapmak, görev yapmak…
servir, exercer, être membre de…
servir (menjar o beguda), atendre, servir…
dienen, bedienen, uitzitten…
உணவு அல்லது பானங்கள் வழங்க, வேலை செய்ய வேண்டும், உங்கள் கடமையைச் செய்ய…
(भोजन या पेय) परोसना, कार्य करना, अपना कर्त्तव्य निभाना…
પીરસવું, સેવા, ફરજ બજાવવી…
tjene, servere, betjene…
tjäna, servera, betjäna…
bekerja sebagai pembantu rumah, menghidangkan, boleh digunakan…
servieren, dienen, absitzen…
servere, tjene, gjøre tjeneste…
کھانا پیناپیش کرنا, سرو کرنا, ملنا…
служити, подавати, обслуговувати…
обслуживать, служить, состоять на службе…
వడ్డించడం, ఎవరికోసమైనా పని చేయు, కర్తవ్యం నిర్వర్తించు…
يَخْدِم, يَخْدِم (المُجْتَمَع), يُسْجَن لِفَتْرة…
পরিবেশন করা, খাবার বা পানীয় বন্টন করা, সেবা করা…
sloužit, podávat, obsluhovat…
melayani, menghidangkan, cocok…
รับใช้, บริการอาหาร, เหมาะสมกับจุดประสงค์…
phục vụ, dọn ăn, hợp với…
obsługiwać, podawać, służyć…
제공하다, 시중을 들다, (조직이나 사회를 위해) 일하다…
servire, scontare (condanna), essere membro di…
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