Meaning

5 senses
  1. (gerund, uncountable)The act or process of serving.

    обслу́живаниеobslúživanije

    обслуго́вуванняobsluhóvuvannja

  2. (countable)An instance of that act or process.

  3. (countable)The quantity of food or drink intended for one person in a single sitting; especially in relation to a meal.

    Portion, Gang

    по́рцияpórcija

    по́рціяpórcija

    an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal

  4. (broadly, countable)A fraction or share.

  5. (countable)A layer added to the outside of an electrical cable to protect it.

Examples

215 sentences
  1. Tom is serving a life sentence.

    Том відбуває довічне ув'язнення. — deniko

    ruТом отбывает пожизненное заключение. — sharptoothed

    deTom sitzt eine lebenslange Freiheitsstrafe ab. — Yorwba

  2. His son is serving his sentence.

    ruЕго сын отбывает наказание. — Ooneykcall

    deSein Sohn sitzt. — Hans07

  3. Would you like a second serving?

    ruНе хотите ли добавки? — marafon

    deMöchten Sie noch eine Portion? — BraveSentry

  4. Tom is serving time in prison.

  5. When do you start serving breakfast?

    deAb wann servieren Sie Frühstück? — Waldelfe

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
the act of serving:
portion of food:
Русский
By meaning 2
the act of serving:
portion of food:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
portion of food:

Origin

By surface analysis, serve + -ing.

By surface analysis, serve + -ing.

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Forms

plural: servings
Singularserving
Pluralservings

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

16 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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