1
: one that serves food or drink
2
: the player who serves (as in tennis)
3
: something used in serving food or drink
4
: one that serves legal processes upon another
5
: the celebrant's assistant at mass
6
: a computer in a network that is used to provide services (such as access to files or shared peripherals or the routing of email) to other computers in the network
Examples of server in a Sentence
She asked our server for another glass of wine.
we had barely finished ordering when the server brought our salads
Recent Examples on the Web
Image: Nintendo Completing Super Mario Maker probably would have happened regardless of whether the servers shut down or not.
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Jay Castello, The Verge, 12 Apr. 2024
Instead of giving her space to search her soul and reflect on her sins, the fake priest kept steering the conversation to her job performance: asking if the server ever showed up late, stole from the restaurant or did anything to harm her employer.
—Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2024
Servers and Server Locations IPVanish has roughly 2,500 servers spread over 57 countries.
—PCMAG, 11 Apr. 2024
When the servers were shut last January, NetEase smashed to pieces the giant statue of World of Warcraft’s legendary Gorehowl axe in its Hangzhou campus, and live-streamed the demolition.
—Sabrina Mao, Fortune Asia, 10 Apr. 2024
Google workers note that for security reasons, tech companies often have very limited insight, if any, into what occurs on the sovereign cloud servers of their government clients.
—Billy Perrigo, TIME, 8 Apr. 2024
Depending on your state's minimum wage, your server might be expecting a tip.
—Mansee Khurana, NPR, 4 Apr. 2024
Food and drink items are brought to moviegoers by servers trained not to disrupt the movie experience.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 3 Apr. 2024
Some of that information was on the servers seized by Cody’s officers and county sheriff’s deputies.
—Glenn E. Rice, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2024
Jay Castello, The Verge, 12 Apr. 2024
Instead of giving her space to search her soul and reflect on her sins, the fake priest kept steering the conversation to her job performance: asking if the server ever showed up late, stole from the restaurant or did anything to harm her employer.
—Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2024
Servers and Server Locations IPVanish has roughly 2,500 servers spread over 57 countries.
—PCMAG, 11 Apr. 2024
When the servers were shut last January, NetEase smashed to pieces the giant statue of World of Warcraft’s legendary Gorehowl axe in its Hangzhou campus, and live-streamed the demolition.
—Sabrina Mao, Fortune Asia, 10 Apr. 2024
Google workers note that for security reasons, tech companies often have very limited insight, if any, into what occurs on the sovereign cloud servers of their government clients.
—Billy Perrigo, TIME, 8 Apr. 2024
Depending on your state's minimum wage, your server might be expecting a tip.
—Mansee Khurana, NPR, 4 Apr. 2024
Food and drink items are brought to moviegoers by servers trained not to disrupt the movie experience.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 3 Apr. 2024
Some of that information was on the servers seized by Cody’s officers and county sheriff’s deputies.
—Glenn E. Rice, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2024
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“Server.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/server. Accessed 17 Apr. 2024.
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server
noun
serv·er
ˈsər-vər 
1
: a person who serves food or drink
2
: the player who puts a ball in play
3
: something (as a tray) used in serving food or drink
4
: a computer in a network that is used to provide services (as access to files or the delivery of e-mail) to other computers
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