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{
"term": "cater",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "cater",
"heSheIt": "caters"
},
"pastSimple": "catered",
"pastParticiple": "catered",
"ingForm": "catering"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to provide food and drinks for a social event",
"sensetop": "cater for somebody/somethingcater something",
"labels": "(British English)(British and North American English)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Most of our work now involves catering for weddings.",
"contextForm": "cater for somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "Who will be catering the wedding?",
"contextForm": "cater something"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkeɪtə(r)/",
"audio": "ca/cater/cater__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkeɪtəz/",
"audio": "ca/cater/caters__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkeɪtəd/",
"audio": "ca/cater/catered__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkeɪtərɪŋ/",
"audio": "ca/cater/catering__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkeɪtər/",
"audio": "ca/cater/cater__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkeɪtərz/",
"audio": "ca/cater/caters__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkeɪtərd/",
"audio": "ca/cater/catered__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkeɪtərɪŋ/",
"audio": "ca/cater/catering__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late 16th cent.: from obsolete cater ‘caterer’, from Old French acateor ‘buyer’, from acater,achater ‘buy’, based on Latin captare ‘seize’, from capere ‘take’."
}