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present participle of serve
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as in attending
to be a servant for he served his master faithfully for 20 years

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as in sufficing
to be enough they made the pasta serve for eight guests

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as in doing
to be fitting or proper those old riding boots will serve for now, but you'll need newer ones for the horse show

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serving

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adjective

serving

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noun

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Recent Examples of serving
Adjective
After a week of deliberation, the jury found Erin Patterson lured her mother-in-law Gail Patterson, father-in-law Donald Patterson and Gail’s sister, Heather Wilkinson, to lunch at her home and poisoned them with individual servings of Beef Wellington that contained death cap mushrooms. Reuters, NBC news, 7 July 2025 Some brands have up to 17 grams of sugar per 100-gram serving. Fred Sassani, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Noun
The school's kitchen and cafeteria are congested with long serving lines, according to the district's website. Alec Johnson, Journal Sentinel, 31 Dec. 2024 Gutierrez Reed is currently serving an 18-month sentence for involuntary manslaughter in the case. Gene Maddaus, Variety, 24 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for serving
Recent Examples of Synonyms for serving
Verb
  • Born and raised in England, Ramsey developed a love for acting early on, entering a drama group at 3 and then attending performing arts school.
    Makena Gera, People.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Those attending the April 25 event can pick up yard signs, window clings and bumper stickers with the 988 number, according to the press release.
    Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Resettlement groups motivated by Christian duty At least one person doing resettlement work in Charlotte wants lawmakers to make a greater effort to help refugees.
    Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 14 Mar. 2025
  • For now, Metcalf is saying and doing the right things.
    Mike DeFabo, The Athletic, 14 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Its treating its legends better than ever.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
  • But online, people are treating this like a real royal wedding.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • When the acting dream started Growing up in Sacramento, Smalls was a three-sport athlete in high school attending West Campus, Rosemont and Foothill in North Highlands.
    Marcus D. Smith, Sacramento Bee, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Right before graduation, Smalls found a two-year program in the William Esper Studio in New York City which teaches acting techniques such as the Meisner Technique.
    Marcus D. Smith, Sacramento Bee, 25 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Buchanan runs onto the pass, benefitting from the distance between him and left back Max Arfsten to collect it in space.
    Jeff Rueter, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Eddie Vedder and Stephen Marley have shared new covers of two Neil Young classics from Harvest for an upcoming tribute album benefitting the Bridge School.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Welcomed aboard with a chilled glass of white Port, settle in for your first dinner: crispy crab cakes, veal sirloin, and mini cheese boards, or nightly Viking staples—think Caesar salads and juicy Angus ribeye.
    Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
  • While suburban teachers can commute to a meeting and be home for dinner, rural affiliates must book hotels, rent vehicles, and use up personal days just to sit in a room where they are often outnumbered and politically outshouted.
    Jeremy Gosnell, Baltimore Sun, 20 July 2025
Adjective
  • What’s probably very frustrating for all the value investors, the minimum volatility investors, the high dividend investors and other professionals is that momentum was also the best performing factor in 2024, up more than 32% last year.
    Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 2 June 2025
  • Just six were elected – three from 13 nominees in the performing songwriters category and three from 13 nominees in the songwriters category, which is reserved for non-performing songwriters.
    Paul Grein, Billboard, 22 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Coming soon will be a kids' menu with smaller portions, and a new lunch option to create a bowl with a choice of one base and one protein for around $8.
    Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 22 July 2025
  • The fluid drape and elastic waistband offer that coveted combination of structure and ease — perfect for long lunches that turn into evening adventures.
    Angela Lei, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025

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“Serving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/serving. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.

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