catered; catering; caters
1
: to provide a supply of food
cater for a large party
2
: to supply what is required or desired
catering to middle-class tastes
: to provide food and service for
catered the banquet
Examples of cater in a Sentence
The restaurant caters for parties.
A local restaurant catered the banquet.
The awards ceremony will be a catered event.
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Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Apr. 2025
And the restaurant-adjacent gigs (catering, cooking for a moneyed couple) in which work meant facilitating someone else’s daily routines or celebrations, leaving little time for either in your own life.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2025
At the Woodland site, a new elementary school will also be built, with similar early childhood and family empowerment wings as well as a Global Academy section catered toward international students.
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—John Archer, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
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Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Apr. 2025
And the restaurant-adjacent gigs (catering, cooking for a moneyed couple) in which work meant facilitating someone else’s daily routines or celebrations, leaving little time for either in your own life.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2025
At the Woodland site, a new elementary school will also be built, with similar early childhood and family empowerment wings as well as a Global Academy section catered toward international students.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2025
Clearly, then, the System 6 is designed to cater for the lots of power and impact for not much buck soundbar crowd.
—John Archer, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for cater
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“Cater.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cater. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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