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
ca·ter·er
ˈkā-tər-ər 
plural -s
: one that caters: such as
a
: one whose business is to arrange for and supervise all the details as to food and service for any social affair (as at a club or private house)
b
: a worker in a hotel or restaurant who solicits, promotes, and arranges for social functions to be held there
Examples of cater in a Sentence
Verb
The restaurant caters for parties.
A local restaurant catered the banquet.
The awards ceremony will be a catered event.
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Verb
This is a family-centric accommodation with many facilities catered to children, including an expansive water park.
—Deeya Sonalkar, TheWeek, 18 June 2026
Like many immigrant communities before them, recent arrivals found an economic toehold in food, selling street fare and opening restaurants that initially catered to fellow migrants.
—Ashley Rose Young, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 June 2026
Sourced mostly from South Island regions, the exemplary onboard wine selection is balanced enough to cater to a variety of palates.
—Steve Madgwick, Travel + Leisure, 18 June 2026
Future interceptor drone developments might be directed towards increasing magazine size and miniaturization to cater for the emerging threats of increasing drone swarm sizes and behavioural sophistication.
—Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 18 June 2026
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“Cater.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cater. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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