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Serve
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Serve
/səːv/
To give or provide something needed or desired
Synonyms:
assist
attend
provide
supply
deliver
Antonyms:
receive
neglect
Examples:
They
serve
lunch at noon.
Can I
serve
you some water?
Etymology:
From Middle English
serven
, from Old French
servir
, from Latin
servīre
meaning
to serve, be a servant
, from
servus
meaning
slave
.
Usage Statistics:
215 mentions per 1 million words
Very Often
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