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# cater

«cater» in Mova's school dictionary: **To provide food and drinks for an event, such as a party…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (cater, caters, catered, catering); noun catering, caterer

### meaning for a pupil

1) To provide food and drinks for an event, such as a party or wedding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cater/#m1)

2) To cater for (UK) / to (US): to provide what a group of people needs or wants. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cater/#m2)

3) To cater to: to try too hard to please someone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cater/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life: who caters the party, school catering. In formal exam language: «the club caters for children aged 5 to 12». Phrases: cater for, cater to, catering company, self-catering (you cook for yourself).

### examples

- A local bakery catered the birthday party. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cater/#x1)
- The camp caters for children of all ages. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cater/#x2)
- The menu caters to vegetarians too. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cater/#x3)
- We stayed in a self-catering cottage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cater/#x4)
- The hotel can cater for 200 guests. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cater/#x5)
- Mum works in catering at the hospital. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cater/#x6)

### note

UK prefers «cater for», US prefers «cater to». In maths problems, «a company caters for 50 guests at 10 dollars each» means multiply. Do not confuse with «caterpillar».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «cater» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cater/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.