1
: one that serves food or drink
2
: the player who serves (as in tennis)
3
: something used in serving food or drink
4
: one that serves legal processes upon another
5
: the celebrant's assistant at mass
6
: a computer in a network that is used to provide services (such as access to files or shared peripherals or the routing of email) to other computers in the network
Examples of server in a Sentence
She asked our server for another glass of wine.
we had barely finished ordering when the server brought our salads
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Order liberally—pan con tomate, pulpo a la plancha, bone marrow sprinkled with everything bagel spice, patatas bravas, confit goat—and drink whatever Spanish white your knowledgeable server recommends.
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Ellen Carpenter, AFAR Media, 17 July 2025
The country also plans to invest in Oracle and Cisco servers, and replace its Chinese servers.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 17 July 2025
Yet most of these facilities are dedicated to cooling the servers’ powerful processors that run blisteringly hot.
—Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
This suggests Google wants to shut down the command-and-control servers for the malware, thus disrupting the botnet.
—PC Magazine, 17 July 2025
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Ellen Carpenter, AFAR Media, 17 July 2025
The country also plans to invest in Oracle and Cisco servers, and replace its Chinese servers.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 17 July 2025
Yet most of these facilities are dedicated to cooling the servers’ powerful processors that run blisteringly hot.
—Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
This suggests Google wants to shut down the command-and-control servers for the malware, thus disrupting the botnet.
—PC Magazine, 17 July 2025
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“Server.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/server. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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server
noun
serv·er
ˈsər-vər 
1
: a person who serves food or drink
2
: the player who puts a ball in play
3
: something (as a tray) used in serving food or drink
4
: a computer in a network that is used to provide services (as access to files or the delivery of email) to other computers
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