cater

About 1.47 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To provide, particularly: To provide with food, especially for a special occasion as a professional service.

   I catered for her bat mitzvah.

2. verb To provide with food, especially for a special occasion as a professional service.

   I catered for her bat mitzvah.

3. verb To provide anything required or desired, often to pander.

   I always wanted someone to cater to my every whim.

4. verb To tailor something to an intended audience.

   The business caters for young professionals.

5. noun Synonym of acater: an officer who purchased cates (food supplies) for the steward of a large household or estate.
6. noun Synonym of caterer: any provider of food.
7. noun Synonym of purveyor: any provider of anything.
8. verb To place, set, move, or cut diagonally or rhomboidally.

Similar words

ply supply provide absorb cover suit fulfil tackle handle fill

Often followed by

to for the and only primarily more mainly exclusively

Word family

catered caterer caterers catering caters