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
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Up against one of the game’s best servers, the 2022 Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina, Świątek’s lack of a release valve in tight moments and access to free points in more neutral ones led to a 7-5, 6-1 quarterfinal defeat.
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Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026
Illustrative image generated using Google AI Data center servers, powerful smartphones, and your computer's motherboard have one thing in common.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 27 Jan. 2026
Reitzes believes that as the cost of on-premise servers and storage jumps — in some cases by as much as 50% this year — that more companies will want to turn to the cloud for both their AI and traditional workloads, where price increases are more manageable.
—Pia Singh, CNBC, 27 Jan. 2026
Georgia Power is among several electric companies in the South building new natural gas plants to meet the unprecedented electricity demand for data centers, warehouses packed with servers that power artificial intelligence and our digital lives.
—Kristi Swartz, AJC.com, 26 Jan. 2026
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Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026
Illustrative image generated using Google AI Data center servers, powerful smartphones, and your computer's motherboard have one thing in common.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 27 Jan. 2026
Reitzes believes that as the cost of on-premise servers and storage jumps — in some cases by as much as 50% this year — that more companies will want to turn to the cloud for both their AI and traditional workloads, where price increases are more manageable.
—Pia Singh, CNBC, 27 Jan. 2026
Georgia Power is among several electric companies in the South building new natural gas plants to meet the unprecedented electricity demand for data centers, warehouses packed with servers that power artificial intelligence and our digital lives.
—Kristi Swartz, AJC.com, 26 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for server
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“Server.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/server. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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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
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