serving
UK/ˈsɜːvɪŋ//ˈsɝvɪŋ/
serving noun: the act or process of serving. Also the present participle and gerund of serve.
Noun
serving (countable and uncountable, plural servings)
- The act or process of serving.
- An instance of that act or process.
- The quantity of food or drink intended for one person in a single sitting; especially in relation to a meal.
- Synonyms:
- helping
- A fraction or share.
- 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.1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 154
- A layer added to the outside of an electrical cable to protect it.
Also used as
serving is also the present participle and gerund of serve.
serving meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Telugu
serving in Hindi
- portion of food
- परोसना parosnā
serving in Tamil
- சேவை செய்தல்
serving in Bengali
- পরিবেশন করা হচ্ছে
serving in Telugu
- సేవలందిస్తోంది, సేవలందిస్తున్నారు
More languagesFewer languages
- serving in Malayalam
- സേവിക്കുന്നു, സേവനമനുഷ്ഠിക്കുന്നു
- serving in Kannada
- ಸೇವೆ ಸಲ್ಲಿಸುವುದು, ಸೇವೆ ಸಲ್ಲಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾರೆ, ಸೇವೆ ಸಲ್ಲಿಸಲಾಗುತ್ತಿದೆ
- serving in Gujarati
- સેવા આપતા
- serving in Odia
- ସେବା କରୁଅଛି
- serving in Nepali
- सेवा गर्दै
- serving in Tagalog
- pagsisilbi
- serving in Vietnamese
- suất
Examples of serving in a sentence
- The bartender will have to ID you before serving you a drink.
- One more, sir, then I'll have to stop serving you – rules of the house, I'm afraid.
- It is polite to help your guests to food before serving yourself.
Synonyms of serving
Forms of serving
| plural | servings |
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Origin of serving
By surface analysis, serve + -ing.
Words formed from serving
Phrases with serving
Words that rhyme with serving
Questions about serving
- What does serving mean?
- Serving means the act or process of serving.
- What is serving in Hindi?
- Serving in Hindi is परोसना (parosnā). See Serving meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is serving?
- Serving is a noun.
- How do you pronounce serving?
- Serving is pronounced /ˈsɜːvɪŋ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of serving?
- The plural of serving is servings.
Words near serving in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: serving (page history and authors); serving (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); serving (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); serving (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); serving (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); serving (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); serving (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); serving (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); serving (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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