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serving meaning

EN[ˈsɜːvɪŋ] [-ɜː(r)vɪŋ]
US
WServing
  • Serving may refer to:
  • Serving size
  • Providing a non-material good, as in the work of a servant
  • Supplying customers with food and drink, as in the work of a food server
  • Service of process, the procedure for delivering a legal or administrative summons
  • Serving channel, a type of file sharing channel
  • Servitude

    Definition of serving in English Dictionary

  • NounPLservingsSUF-ing
    1. (uncountable) The action of the verb to serve.
      1. The tennis match began with her serving.
    2. (countable) A portion (especially, of a meal) served to someone.
      1. (countable) A layer added to the outside of an electrical cable to protect it.
      2. Verb
        1. present participle of serve.
        2. Adjective
          1. That or who serves or serve.
            1. serving marines
            2. serving girl
        3. More Examples
          1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
            • A short flight of iron steps leads up to it and a storm door is built over the stoop, forming a little vestibule, and serving to keep out the gusts.
            • Younis is now serving 30 years in maximum security.
            • In Amerikkka, this movement is evident from efforts to control the institutions serving and located within Black communities.
          2. Used in the Beginning of Sentence
            • Serving God with one hand and the devil with the other is a style of both-handedness from which we may well pray to be saved.
        • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
          1. Adjectives
            • Uncomparable adjectives
            • Nouns
              • Countable nouns
                • Singularia tantum
                  • Uncountable nouns
                • Verbs
                  • Verb forms
                    • Participles
                      • Present participles
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                Source: Wiktionary

                Meaning of serving for the defined word.

                Grammatically, this word "serving" is an adjective, more specifically, an uncomparable adjective. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun and a singularia tantum. It's also a verb, more specifically, a verb form.
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