1
: one that serves food or drink
2
: the player who serves (as in tennis)
3
: something used in serving food or drink
4
: one that serves legal processes upon another
5
: the celebrant's assistant at mass
6
: a computer in a network that is used to provide services (such as access to files or shared peripherals or the routing of email) to other computers in the network
Examples of server in a Sentence
She asked our server for another glass of wine.
we had barely finished ordering when the server brought our salads
Recent Examples on the Web
Right now, there’s no clear federal rule requiring automakers to disclose how that data is stored, shared or deleted, so some advocates warn it could be uploaded to company servers and shared with third parties.
—
Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Apr. 2026
Prices for some Nvidia servers in China have doubled to nearly $1 million as a crackdown on chip smuggling has dried up black market supply amid a rush to secure access to top semiconductors.
—Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 30 Apr. 2026
But that data still needs to be decrypted before cloud servers or virtual machines can perform any kind of computation on it.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Apr. 2026
The server deploys a hybrid processor that uses an optical tensor engine for mathematical computation and digital processing for system control.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 30 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for server
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Apr. 2026
Prices for some Nvidia servers in China have doubled to nearly $1 million as a crackdown on chip smuggling has dried up black market supply amid a rush to secure access to top semiconductors.
—Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 30 Apr. 2026
But that data still needs to be decrypted before cloud servers or virtual machines can perform any kind of computation on it.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Apr. 2026
The server deploys a hybrid processor that uses an optical tensor engine for mathematical computation and digital processing for system control.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 30 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for server
Cite this Entry
“Server.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/server. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
Copy CitationKids Definition
server
noun
serv·er
ˈsər-vər 
1
: a person who serves food or drink
2
: the player who puts a ball in play
3
: something (as a tray) used in serving food or drink
4
: a computer in a network that is used to provide services (as access to files or the delivery of email) to other computers
Love words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
