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serve
/sɜːv/ verbTranslation
FOOD/DRINK [I, T] › to give someone food or drink, especially guests or customers in a restaurant or bar
hizmet etmek, servis yapmak, görev yapmak
We're not allowed to serve alcohol to anyone under 18.853794SHOP [I, T] › to help customers and sell things to them in a shop
hizmet vermek, bakmak, hizmet sunmak
Are you being served?7942440WORK [I, T] › to do work that helps society, for example in an organization such as the army or the government
görev yapmak/etmek, görev almak
to serve in the army to serve on a committee/jury He served as mayor for 5 years.1436BE USEFUL [I, T] › to be useful as something
işe yaramak, faydalı olmak
It's a very entertaining film but it also serves an educational purpose. The spare bedroom also serves as a study. [+ to do sth] He hopes his son's death will serve to warn others about the dangers of owning a gun.1832PRISON [T] › to be in prison for a period of time
hapiste yatmak, ceza çekmek
Williams, 42, is serving a four-year jail sentence.699SPORT [I] › in a sport such as tennis, to throw the ball up into the air and then hit it towards the other player
servis atmak/kullanmak
407 serves one/two/four, etc › If an amount of food serves a particular number, it is enough for that number of people.
yeterli olmak; ...lık/lik olmak
→ See also It serves her/him/you right!851(Definition of serve verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish
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