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serve

verb [I or T] (WORK)
 
 
/sɜːv/ US  /sɝːv/

Definition

C1 to work for; to do your duty to: He served in the army in India for 22 years. She has served on the committee for the last 15 years. He served under Harold Wilson as Transport Minister.Recruiting staff, applying for and accepting jobs
(Definition of serve verb (WORK) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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