{
    "term": "cater",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "cater",
            "heSheIt": "caters"
        },
        "pastSimple": "catered",
        "pastParticiple": "catered",
        "ingForm": "catering"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to provide food and drinks for a social event",
            "sensetop": "cater for somebody/somethingcater something",
            "labels": "(British English)(British and North American English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Most of our work now involves catering for weddings.",
                    "contextForm": "cater for somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Who will be catering the wedding?",
                    "contextForm": "cater something"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkeɪtə(r)/",
                "audio": "ca/cater/cater__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkeɪtəz/",
                "audio": "ca/cater/caters__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkeɪtəd/",
                "audio": "ca/cater/catered__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkeɪtərɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ca/cater/catering__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkeɪtər/",
                "audio": "ca/cater/cater__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkeɪtərz/",
                "audio": "ca/cater/caters__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkeɪtərd/",
                "audio": "ca/cater/catered__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkeɪtərɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ca/cater/catering__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 16th cent.: from obsolete cater ‘caterer’, from Old French acateor ‘buyer’, from acater,achater ‘buy’, based on Latin captare ‘seize’, from capere ‘take’."
}