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serve

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈsɜː^rv/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/sɝv/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(sûrv)

Inflections of 'serve' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

serves: v 3rd person singular

serving: v pres p

served: v past

served: v past p

Collocations for "serve"

Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "serve" in context.

serve

ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.

serve [dinner, lunch]
the [waiter, host] served [us, the food]
were served by the [waiter]
serve it over [rice, ice, pasta]
serve as the [appetizer, main course, dessert]
serve your [customers, clients]
serve the [public, community]
serve the [needs, interests] of
serves a purpose
serve you [better, more efficiently]
serve and [protect, provide, support]
serve time [in prison, for murder]
serve [five years] [at, in]
serve your sentence
serve in [the military, Vietnam]
serve in office
serve as [president, secretary]
sports: served [the ball, an ace]
serves to [highlight, outline, reinforce, strengthen, make, increase]
serves you right

a [tennis, squash, volleyball] serve
his [first, second] serve
a [good, poor, fast, slow] serve
a serve in [tennis]
a [100, 140] -mph serve
the player [broke, held, aced] his serve
returned the serve
[hit, smashed] the serve into the net
the serve [was, went] [wide, long]
the serve was [challenged, out]
whose serve is it?

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'serve' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

protect - volunteer - vote - namely - appetizer - bed - breakfast - coffee - community - customer - example - guest - honor - ice - let - wine - warning - tea - sugar - soup - shake - sake - restaurant - prison - meal - side - neither - lazy - individual - drip - spaghetti - cocktail - dip - diversion - flask - lamb - license - mandate - mankind - realm - sauce - waiter - waitress - alternative - barrel - benchmark - beverage - herring - index - net

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