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# server

«server» in Mova's school dictionary: **a powerful computer that stores websites, files, games or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a server, servers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A server is a powerful computer that stores websites, files, games or emails and sends them to other computers over the internet or a network. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/server/#m1)

2) A server is a person who brings food and drink to people in a restaurant or café; a waiter or waitress. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/server/#m2)

3) In tennis and similar games, the server is the player who hits the ball to start a point. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/server/#m3)

4) A server can also be a spoon or tool for putting food on plates. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/server/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In computing lessons pupils learn that when you visit a website, your device asks a server for the page; game servers connect online players. In everyday life a server takes your order in a restaurant (common in the USA). In sport the server starts each point. Phrases: «the server is down», «game server», «school server», «salad servers».

### examples

- The website is not working because the server is down. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/server/#x1)
- Our school saves our work on the school server. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/server/#x2)
- The server brought us our pizzas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/server/#x3)
- In tennis, the server gets two tries to hit the ball in. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/server/#x4)
- We joined the same game server to play together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/server/#x5)
- Always thank the server when they bring your food. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/server/#x6)
- Every email you send passes through a server. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/server/#x7)
- Use the salad servers, not your fingers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/server/#x8)
- But, for the moment, the great room was seated, and the doors were held to allow a moment of respect to pass before the servers and squires came in. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/server/#x9)

### note

Countable: «a server». From «serve» plus «-er». In the USA «server» is a common word for a waiter or waitress. Online safety: game servers can have strangers on them, so do not share personal information.

### In the corpora

- [On Kieran's school Minecraft server they build a whole city with a giant statue of their teacher.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/467-friends-through-games-and-clubs/24/)
- [A website is stored on a computer called a server, and your device asks the server for it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/59-inventions-computers-internet/10/)
- [A website is stored on a computer called a server.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/59-inventions-computers-internet/23/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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