catered; catering; caters
1
: to provide a supply of food
cater for a large party
2
: to supply what is required or desired
catering to middle-class tastes
: to provide food and service for
catered the banquet
Examples of cater in a Sentence
The restaurant caters for parties.
A local restaurant catered the banquet.
The awards ceremony will be a catered event.
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Hannah Sacks, People.com, 10 Apr. 2025
The top-performing subsectors were agriculture, power, and catering.
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
The three-course meal is catered by Renée Williams of the Simply Chef Renée.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 15 Feb. 2025
Instead of making a film that catered only to Dylan devotees, Mangold approached the story from a broader perspective, exploring the nature of genius itself.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 14 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for cater
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“Cater.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cater. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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