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Le mot anglais avancé du jour

cater




Définitions

anglais > français
cater
     1. v. Répondre aux besoins de.
           She's always catering to his slightest whim.
     2. v. (Cuisine) Ravitailler, s'occuper de la nourriture.
           Did you hire someone to cater our party next week?
           As-tu engagé quelqu'un pour le ravitaillement de notre fête la semaine prochaine ?
     3. n. (Archaïque) (Variante de;caterer).
anglais > anglais
cater
     1. v. To provide, particularly:
     2. v.          To provide with food, especially for a special occasion as a professional service.
                    I catered for her bat mitzvah.
                    His company catered our wedding.
     3. v.          (intransitive, figurative, with 'to') To provide anything required or desired, often (pejorative) to pander.
                    I always wanted someone to cater to my every whim.
     4. n. (obsolete) (altname, acater): an officer who purchased cates (food supplies) for the steward of a large household or estate.
     5. n. (obsolete) (altname, caterer): any provider of food.
     6. n. (figurative, obsolete) (altname, purveyor): any provider of anything.
     7. v. (UK dialect) To place, set, move, or cut diagonally or rhomboidally.
     8. adv. (UK dialect, US) Diagonally.
     9. n. (rare, obsolete) Four.
     10. n. (cards, dice, obsolete) The four of cards or dice.
     11. n. (music) A method of ringing nine bells in four pairs with a ninth tenor bell.

Exemples de phrases

How did you come to cater this evening? 
Stores across America also opened in the middle of the night to cater for thousands of people who queued to buy the book. 



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