cater
verb (used without object)
to provide food, service, etc., as for a party or wedding.
catered
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past participleof cater.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof cater.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
caterverb (used without object)to provide food, service, etc., as for a party or wedding.
Example Sentences
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Clients want to customize AI models and control their own data, and Palantir has catered to these needs.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
In Auckland, the Hāngī Master, Rewi Spraggon, honors his ancestors with his traditional hāngī catered cooking.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026
The stores catered to Chinese residents in Southern California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
“We found that no grooms were really being catered to whatsoever,” said Fletcher Kasell, half of the fashion label Tanner Fletcher, a New York brand that began offering more options for grooms three years ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
So his parents took him out of public school and, at the beginning of seventh grade, sent him to Lakeside, a private school that catered to Seattle’s elite families.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
