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# catering

«catering» in Mova's school dictionary: **Providing food and drink for an event or a group of…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (catering — uncountable); verb form (present participle of cater: cater, caters, catered, catering)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Providing food and drink for an event or a group of people, as a job. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catering/#m1)

2) (verb form) Catering for or to: providing what a group needs or wants. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catering/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, a catering company makes food for weddings and parties; school catering staff run the canteen. In maths, catering problems ask for food per person: 60 guests × 2 sandwiches = 120 sandwiches. Phrases: catering company, school catering, cater for, self-catering (holiday where you cook for yourself).

### examples

- The catering for the party was done by a local café. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catering/#x1)
- The school's catering staff cook lunch for 300 pupils. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catering/#x2)
- We stayed in self-catering cottages on holiday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catering/#x3)
- This club caters for children of all ages. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catering/#x4)
- The menu is catering to vegetarians too. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catering/#x5)
- If each of 40 guests eats 3 sandwiches, the catering needs 120 sandwiches. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catering/#x6)

### note

Uncountable: some catering, not «a catering». A caterer is the person or company. «Cater for» is common in UK English, «cater to» in US English. Self-catering means you make your own meals.

### Trees and pragmatics

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