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serve

verb [T] (PROVIDE STH NECESSARY)
 
 
/sɜːv/ US  /sɝːv/

Definition

to provide with something that is needed: London's hospitals, so says the report, are out of touch with the communities that they serve.Giving, providing and supplying
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