cater
verb (used without object)
to provide food, service, etc., as for a party or wedding.
has catered
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present perfectof cater (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Since then, the country club has catered to the blue-blood families who spend time in South Florida and famous residents, such as Julio Iglesias.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
No brokerage firm has embraced prediction markets more fully than Robinhood, which has catered to a younger audience since it was founded in 2013.
From Barron's ● Dec. 18, 2025
Over the last two years, Morford-Haines has catered to the kind of Epicureans who prefer to work — to hike, climb or paddle — for their just desserts.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 4, 2023
So far, Siemens Energy has catered for the U.S. power grid market out of Europe and Latin America, Bruch's fellow board member Tim Holt, who is in charge of Siemens Energy's U.S. business, said.
From Reuters ● May 30, 2023
It was a Paris almost wholly stripped to the outward eye of that parasitic luxury with which it has catered to the self-indulgent of the world.
From The World Decision by Robert Herrick
