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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On one of London’s most famous streets, Savile Row, a growing number of female tailors are catering for a new female clientele while celebrating the destination’s rich history.
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Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Meaningful progress on complex geopolitical challenges cannot be achieved by repeating talking points or catering exclusively to one side's perspective.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
On the flip side, studios are not being shy about trying to cater more to red-state viewers in light of the country’s cultural shift.
—Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2025
All things being equal, designing a vehicle to be an electric vehicle from the ground up involves many fewer compromises than using a platform that has to cater not just to batteries and electric motors but also internal combustion engines and transmissions and gas tanks.
—Ars Technica, 11 Mar. 2025
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Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Meaningful progress on complex geopolitical challenges cannot be achieved by repeating talking points or catering exclusively to one side's perspective.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
On the flip side, studios are not being shy about trying to cater more to red-state viewers in light of the country’s cultural shift.
—Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2025
All things being equal, designing a vehicle to be an electric vehicle from the ground up involves many fewer compromises than using a platform that has to cater not just to batteries and electric motors but also internal combustion engines and transmissions and gas tanks.
—Ars Technica, 11 Mar. 2025
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“Cater.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cater. Accessed 7 Apr. 2025.
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