"catering" meaning in English

See catering in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkeɪt(ə)ɹɪŋ/, /ˈkeɪ.tə.ɹɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkeɪ.tɚ.ɪŋ/ [General-American], [ˈkeɪ.ɾɚ.ɪŋ] [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Simplificationalizer-catering.wav Forms: caterings [plural]
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  1. (uncountable, UK, Philippines) The business of providing food and related services; foodservice. Tags: Philippines, UK, uncountable Translations (the business of providing food and related services): تَمْوِين (tamwīn) [masculine] (Arabic), ке́йтэрынг (kjéjterynh) [masculine] (Belarusian), ке́търинг (kétǎring) [masculine] (Bulgarian), càtering [masculine] (Catalan), 外燴 (Chinese Mandarin), 外烩 (wàihuì) (Chinese Mandarin), catering [masculine] (Czech), ketering [masculine] (Czech), catering [masculine] (Dutch), ateriapalvelu (Finnish), pitopalvelu (Finnish), catering (Finnish), ruokahuolto (Finnish), restauration [feminine] (French), Verpflegung [feminine] (German), Nahrungsversorgung [feminine] (German), Catering [neuter] (German), הַסְעַדָה [feminine] (Hebrew), élelmezés (Hungarian), catering (Hungarian), jasa boga (Indonesian), katering (Indonesian), lónadóireacht [feminine] (Irish), ケータリング (kētaringu) (Japanese), 케이터링 (keiteoring) (Korean), ке́теринг (kétering) [masculine] (Macedonian), katering (Malay), wattimak 'ammamak (Northern Ohlone), کیترینگ (keytering) (Persian), catering [masculine] (Polish), katering [masculine] (Polish), ке́йтеринг (kéjtɛring) [masculine] (Russian), banquete [masculine] (Spanish), servicio de banquete [masculine] (Spanish), catering (Spanish), cáterin [masculine] (Spanish), quéiterin [masculine] (Spanish), ке́йтеринг (kéjterynh) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
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  2. (uncountable, US) The business of providing such services for special occasions. Tags: US, uncountable
    Sense id: en-catering-en-noun-Ozdancja Categories (other): American English
  3. (countable) The act of one who caters (to something). Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-catering-en-noun-VgdDULDp
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: catering trolley, self-catering

Verb

IPA: /ˈkeɪt(ə)ɹɪŋ/, /ˈkeɪ.tə.ɹɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkeɪ.tɚ.ɪŋ/ [General-American], [ˈkeɪ.ɾɚ.ɪŋ] [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Simplificationalizer-catering.wav
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  1. present participle and gerund of cater Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: cater
    Sense id: en-catering-en-verb-fyXdvDHs

Inflected forms

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      "word": "banquete"
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