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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
cater
verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a catering establishment (=a restaurant, cafe etc)
▪ She runs a successful catering establishment in Leeds.
a software/catering/construction etc business
▪ His girlfriend runs a catering business.
catering/restaurant/cooking facilities
▪ The rooms all have cooking facilities and a fridge.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
also
▪ The college also caters for students from other parts of Wirral.
▪ They also cater, bringing their all-you-can-eat buffet to offices nearby.
▪ The Centre also caters for reading parties, small conferences and field studies.
▪ It also caters for those who want more intensive sessions.
for
▪ Certainly all tastes are catered for at Club Venus.
▪ A mixed group of students would be catered for by placing greater emphasis on electives.
▪ The 12 person dormitories have been replaced by five purpose-built houses, each with rooms catering for between two and six people.
▪ Non-Sailors Non-sailing groups are catered for in Bitez, Finikounda and Nidri, either in house parties or on shore holidays.
▪ Two positions are catered for on the hanger, giving still more options of flow direction.
▪ This purpose-built health hydro has been designed around the needs of the guest so your every whim is catered for.
▪ The store plans to cater for about 10 trainees at a time at a cost of only £29.95 for three hours.
▪ From fast food to elegant banqueting, all tastes are catered for.
mainly
▪ Lately, the restaurant chain, which caters mainly to blue-collar diners, has been hurt by competition.
▪ I., has catered mainly to tourists with modest bankrolls.
to
▪ How to make government responsive to the choices of those it was expected to cater to?
▪ Some one who's not two years old, or has to be catered to and taken care of ....
well
▪ On a parallel track, the business world is well catered for with several compatible products on the two systems.
▪ Its bookshops are on a par, which means it is well catered for.
▪ Children too are well catered for, giving you the chance to have some time off as well.
■ NOUN
age
▪ We cater for all ages, shapes and sizes.
▪ They are competitively priced children's books which are both entertaining and instructive and cater for all age groups.
▪ The pool with adjoining free form beach area caters for all age groups from the toddler to the senior citizen.
business
▪ On a parallel track, the business world is well catered for with several compatible products on the two systems.
▪ Hyatt Hotels has helped employees launch in-dependent businesses in party catering and sporting-equipment rental.
child
▪ Judges will consider overall design, safety, level of fun and how the playground caters for children with disabilities.
▪ She says they've got good facilites and can cater for children up to 16.
▪ It catered for children up to eleven years old.
▪ Facilities will run after normal school hours to cater for latch-key children.
▪ There are also independent schools that cater for pre-school children.
▪ The policy caters for children from three to 18 years of age or when they start work, whichever is the sooner.
course
▪ Educationists must modify or supplement teacher training courses soas to cater for those who will work in rural schools.
▪ Beginning this autumn, courses are designed to cater for all tastes and interests.
demand
▪ He can use stock motifs and patterns and superfluous work can be retained to cater for future demand.
▪ Supermarkets themselves say they're catering for increasing customer demand, customers too seem to reinforce that attitude.
▪ Foreign imports such as colour television sets and hi-fi systems cram shop windows, catering to demands for conspicuous consumption.
▪ Even today, little effort is made to cater for the ever-growing demand for safe cycling routes.
diet
▪ Points to note None of the full-board Halls of Residence caters for special diets of any type.
▪ We use much of our own organic produce and can cater for most diets.
▪ Jean provides a very good five-course evening meal and will cater for special diets on request.
group
▪ Non-Sailors Non-sailing groups are catered for in Bitez, Finikounda and Nidri, either in house parties or on shore holidays.
▪ Those with Internet access should keep an eye on a series of Usenet discussion groups that cater to Windows 95 issues.
▪ The Plan stresses that point and also underlines the need to make sure that minority ethnic groups are catered for.
▪ There are a number of international schools in the London area as well as support groups which cater for different nationalities.
▪ The group also tries to cater for local artists who work fulltime and are unable to go to all classes.
hotel
▪ Regis, a hotel that catered to gentlewomen.
▪ Others have taken advantage of economic reforms to demolish their homes and replace them with small hotels that cater to foreign tourists.
market
▪ You must either study and cater for existing markets or create hew markets for your own special products.
▪ Then, sometime in the mid-1950s, several trendy boutiques opened catering for the new market in flamboyant men's clothing.
need
▪ Edwards tells would-be entrepreneurs to target products or services that cater to people whose needs are not being met by mainstream businesses.
▪ How can you cater to all their needs?
▪ The Act does not allow children to be removed from home simply because other arrangements may cater better for their needs.
▪ We adore our sweet babies and rightfully cater to their needs.
▪ The first two special projects cater for women's needs.
▪ The Northern arm currently caters to the needs of more than 1,000 small businesses.
people
▪ They cater for people who need both nursing supervision and a lot of practical help.
▪ Edwards tells would-be entrepreneurs to target products or services that cater to people whose needs are not being met by mainstream businesses.
▪ Last year, Crisis catered for 1,800 people with some 700 sleeping overnight during an eight-day period.
▪ The centre is able to cater for 120 people at any one time.
▪ Events are organised at national, regional and local level and cater for people at all levels of ability.
▪ Up to April 1988 this was known as supplementary pension and was the arm of the supplementary benefit system catering for older people.
▪ With conference facilities to cater up to 300 people.
▪ We regret we are unable to cater for people with physical disabilities.
restaurant
▪ Sushi restaurants that cater to techies and tony taco bars overflow at lunchtime.
▪ Lately, the restaurant chain, which caters mainly to blue-collar diners, has been hurt by competition.
▪ Nayab's restaurant has provided catering for two functions attended by Prince Charles, who ordered 33 separate vegetarian dishes.
school
▪ This infant school was sometimes part of a junior school which catered for seven to eleven year olds.
▪ Facilities will run after normal school hours to cater for latch-key children.
▪ There are also independent schools that cater for pre-school children.
▪ He says that his school caters for children with special needs, one of the areas most under threat from cuts.
self
▪ Prices: from £215 for seven nights self catering in Kos.
▪ There's also separate self catering accommodation on-site.
▪ Of course, style does add a bit to costs, so our self catering apartments are popular with those on a budget.
▪ Prices for family foursomes start from £156 based on four nights self-catering in May.
▪ If he makes it, Darius will be more full of himself than a self-catering cannibal.
service
▪ Edwards tells would-be entrepreneurs to target products or services that cater to people whose needs are not being met by mainstream businesses.
▪ Equipment - the availability of conference-related equipment and support services such as catering 4.
▪ To reduce the imbalance, several services that cater exclusively to women have emerged.
▪ There are also groups that would like to set up specialist or local services which cater for interests neglected by present stations.
▪ Called Lady's First, it's targeted at businesswomen looking for a service that caters exclusively for them.
▪ And by providing a service that caters to you, as an individual.
student
▪ The college also caters for students from other parts of Wirral.
▪ They generally cater for up to 500 students.
▪ Some cater for several thousand students, full- and part-time.
▪ For 1993 we have organised four holidays to cater for students of all levels of experience and covering a variety of subjects.
▪ Now the market caters to tourists and students.
system
▪ He claims the company is preparing the system to cater for future power stations in the Teesside area.
▪ A major segment of local ISPs is the thousands of bulletin board systems catering to different interest groups.
▪ Up to April 1988 this was known as supplementary pension and was the arm of the supplementary benefit system catering for older people.
▪ The same applies to systems programming, catering, management training, publicity, security arid many other key activities.
taste
▪ Voice over Hay's booksellers justifiably boast that they cater for all tastes.
▪ He seemed to cater for all tastes in his selections.
▪ It is not against modernisation but believes that pubs should cater for all tastes.
▪ It made no pretence of catering to faddish tastes like vegetarianism or high fibre diets.
▪ It began to cater for all tastes.
▪ Bespoke shopkeepers, celebrated chefs, jewellers, craftsmen and artists arrived to cater for exclusive tastes.
▪ Beginning this autumn, courses are designed to cater for all tastes and interests.
tourist
▪ So conservationists hope they can preserve the area's outstanding natural beauty and cater for the tourists too.
▪ Others have taken advantage of economic reforms to demolish their homes and replace them with small hotels that cater to foreign tourists.
▪ In addition, many farmers, particularly on family farms, have sought to diversify their enterprises,for example by catering for tourists.
▪ I., has catered mainly to tourists with modest bankrolls.
▪ Now the market caters to tourists and students.
variety
▪ This would cater for the variety of children that exist.
▪ A trainer was an all-purpose sports shoe catering to a wide variety of sporting activities.
▪ The alternatives are designed to cater for a wide variety of abilities in S5.
▪ Contender's output is released on differing labels according to content, catering to a wide variety of tastes and interests.
▪ The policy has to cater for a wide variety of machines, some fixed and some mobile.
■ VERB
design
▪ Batch processes are designed to cater for five times as many entries as are currently stored in tables.
▪ Each is designed to cater for 60 pupils.
▪ The alternatives are designed to cater for a wide variety of abilities in S5.
▪ Beginning this autumn, courses are designed to cater for all tastes and interests.
▪ The meals themselves are designed to cater for all tastes.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ a catered lunch
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Batch processes are designed to cater for five times as many entries as are currently stored in tables.
▪ Certainly all tastes are catered for at Club Venus.
▪ Lately, the restaurant chain, which caters mainly to blue-collar diners, has been hurt by competition.
▪ The marketplace caters to the requirements of advertisers.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cater

Cater \Ca"ter\, n. [OE. catour purchaser, caterer, OF. acator, fr. acater, F. acheter, to buy, provide, fr. LL. accaptare; L. ad + captare to strive, to seize, intens, of capere to take, seize. Cf. Acater, Capacious.] A provider; a purveyor; a caterer. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.

Cater

Cater \Ca"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Catered; p. pr. & vb. n. Catering.] [From Cater, n.]

  1. To provide food; to buy, procure, or prepare provisions.

    [He] providently caters for the sparrow.
    --Shak.

  2. By extension: To supply what is needed or desired, at theatrical or musical entertainments; -- followed by for or to.

Cater

Cater \Ca"ter\, n. [F. quatre four.] The four of cards or dice.

Cater

Cater \Ca"ter\, v. t. To cut diagonally. [Obs.]
--Halliwell.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
cater

"provide food for," c.1600, from Middle English catour (n.) "buyer of provisions" (c.1400; late 13c. as a surname), a shortening of Anglo-French achatour "buyer" (Old North French acatour, Old French achatour, 13c., Modern French acheteur), from Old French achater "to buy," originally "to buy provisions," perhaps from Vulgar Latin *accaptare, from Latin ad- "to" + captare "to take, hold," frequentative of capere "to take" (see capable).\n

\nOr else from Vulgar Latin *accapitare "to add to one's capital," with second element from verbal stem of Latin caput (genitive capitis); see capital (adj.). Figuratively from 1650s. Related: Catered; catering.

Wiktionary
cater

Etymology 1 n. (context obsolete English) A provider; a purveyor; a caterer. vb. 1 (context transitive English) To provide food professionally for a special occasion. 2 (context transitive often with ''to'' English) To provide things to satisfy a person or a need, to serve. Etymology 2

vb. (context obsolete English) To cut diagonally. Etymology 3

n. The four of cards or dice.

Related phrases:
WordNet
cater

  1. v. provide what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests" [syn: provide, supply, ply]

  2. supply food ready to eat; for parties and banquets

Wikipedia
Cater

The name Cater is part of the ancient legacy of the stone-age tribes of Great Britain. The name was taken on by someone who worked as a caterer. The surname Cater was official name, "the cater", derived from the Old French ale catour, a little meaning a buyer of groceries for the gentleman's house. They were in charge of maintaining provisions in minors and castles. The cater's job assumed a great importance during extended sieges of his lord's castle, which could last for years.

English: occupational name for the buyer of provisions for a large household, from a reduced form of Anglo- Norman French acatour (Late Latin acceptator, an agent derivative of acceptare ‘to accept’). Modern English caterer results from the addition of a second agent suffix to the word.

Slovenian (Cater): status name for a person who read out the Slovenian ceremonial text at the installation of the Carantanian rulers and, later, Carinthian dukes, derived from the dialect verb catiti ‘to read’. Carantania was the early medieval Slovenian state on the territory of present-day Carinthia and Styria, now divided between Austria and Slovenia. The people’s installation of the Carantanian rulers was an exceptional example of democratic elections in medieval Europe. Thomas Jefferson knew about it and was influenced by it in his thinking about American Independence. Perhaps also an Americanized spelling of German Köter.

This family is also spread to the other countries for several reasons: the conquest of the British in other continents such as Asia, and another family moving overseas, especially America where so many this family living in that country.

Usage examples of "cater".

Set adjacent to my hotel was Gringos, an establishment of bamboo and thatch above a concrete deck and open to the aira tourist bar that, since there were no tourists, catered chiefly to expatriates and young Honduran women.

Notice in your own community how often the newspapers will notify you, as a businessperson, of an upcoming section covering fashion, catering, outdoor activities, music, electronics, boating and automobiles.

The street was filled cheek-by-jowl with pawnbrokers, wine merchants, import-export dealers, and chophouses, and all of them catering to seamen, tradesmen, and businessmen.

The cramped space had a stone floor, a small set of cupboards, and a narrow counter crowded with a hot plate, an ancient electric vat coffeepot - the same kind I used for catered events - and a cookie jar in the shape of the Kremlin.

The smaller snowplows must have come, because Cater had been cleared, permitting car traffic and curbside crack takeaway to recommence, busy as Outback Steakhouse.

Before she realized it, Anne found herself telling him about her relationship with Joe and Iva, her position in the business, some of the perils and pleasures of catering, and one or two of the more humorous incidents that had occurred.

Catering to small-business owners and other bulk buyers, these bare-bones outlets charged wholesale prices for a wide variety of brand-name merchandise but required payment of an annual membership fee.

Shand, who was openly homosexual, was known to frequent several Edinburgh gay bars, including at least one believed to cater for those whose tastes run to sadomasochistic practices.

Passing out of the refinery zone, over and under freeways and railway lines, she entered a flat, hot warehouse region of north Denver that catered entirely to semitrailer rigs and the men who drove them.

This was a delightful town, a tourist draw, catering to many Taiwanese and Western travelers.

The bartender ventured the opinion that the woman was not a prostitute, and this professional observation caused police to make fruitless enquiries at every other hotel in Tangiers that catered to foreigners.

There might have been better houses elsewhere in the tonier parts of town, catering discreetly to the native nabobs and unknown to the transient element.

He had curried it, catered to it, until all people of intelligence on Trios knew they had a chance to achieve whatever they wished in their world.

However, all tastes had to be catered for, so one small venue was reserved for highbrow drama by Sophocles, Aeschylus and Euripides.

Rosedale apartment and eat small sandwiches at a table set up in her sunroom, wonderful catered sandwiches, crabmeat, artichoke, curried chicken.