serving — Dicionário de inglês

Substantivo

1. The act or process of serving.

   Uso

   • gerund
   • incontável

2. An instance of that act or process.

   Uso

   • contável

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

   Uso

   • contável

   Sinônimos

   helping

4. A fraction or share.

   Uso

   • broadly
   • contável

   Exemplos

   Very few Latino rock and roll bands, in the days before Santana, managed to successfully steal even a slight serving of the nation's auditory attention.

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

   Uso

   • contável

Substantivo

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

   Sinônimos

   helpingportion

   Termos mais gerais

   small indefinite quantitysmall indefinite amount

   Exemplos

   the helpings were all small

   his portion was larger than hers

   Mais exemplos (1)

   there's enough for two servings each

2. the act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone

   Sinônimos

   serviceservice of process

   Termos mais gerais

   deliverybringing

   Exemplos

   he accepted service of the subpoena