cater for sb/sth
mainly UK US usually cater to sb/sth— phrasal verb with cater uk/ˈkeɪ.tər/us/ˈkeɪ.t̬ɚ/verb [ I or T ]
C1 to provide what is wanted or needed by someone or something:
The club caters for children between the ages of four and twelve.
More examples
- Schools often fail to cater for the needs of gifted children.
- It is a resort that clearly caters for the well-off.
- This section of the bookstore caters for minority interests.
- She runs a specialist company that caters for people with food allergies.
- The college caters for deaf and visually-impaired students.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Giving, providing and supplying
- accommodate
- accord
- administer
- administration
- assignment
- award
- deliver
- hand sth around
- hand sth back
- hand sth in
- hand sth out
- hand sth over
- invest
- lay
- spare
- step
- step forward
- supplier
- supply
- supply chain
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