Used in a Sentence

served

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for served.

Editorial note

It's very cacheable which means you might just be loading a static file served by a regular web server.

Examples13
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

To be effective.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of served gathered in one view.

verb

To be effective.

verb

To officially deliver (a legal notice, summons etc.).

verb

To make legal service upon (a person named in a writ, summons, etc.)

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for served.

verb

To be effective.

verb

To officially deliver (a legal notice, summons etc.).

verb

To make legal service upon (a person named in a writ, summons, etc.)

verb

(personal) To provide a service (or, by extension, a product, especially food or drink).

Example sentences

1

It's very cacheable which means you might just be loading a static file served by a regular web server.

2

To me, each airman who served here, and each volunteer who helps with the museum is worth 1000 of Barbara Kingsolver and her kind.

3

The blockchain gives you most of that, although the storage bits are probably better served by something like Ethereum.

4

If anything playing at that latency has held his skill back, not served as a barrier to increase his skill.

5

Also, Spotify is no longer P2P anyway, because it only served as a temporary cost-saving measure.

6

It's very well served by public transit, so anyone who works there can commute from elsewhere.

7

I was an avid GR user and Feedly (basic) has served me very well after it was shuttered.

8

Your mission would be better served by people who understand how to get people to care rather than pointless nitpicking of facts.

9

The guy who was killed was a Marine who served in Iraq.

10

Paying to remove ads in apps (I do not want to be served a brand when my alarm goes off).

11

I wish every HN link had a separate comments section where people bitch about the page the news was served on.

12

History is complicated, and not well served by summary arguments.

Quote examples

1

"ridiculously well-served already with regards to delivering packages"...

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use served in a sentence?

It's very cacheable which means you might just be loading a static file served by a regular web server.

What does served mean?

To be effective.

What part of speech is served?

served is commonly used as verb.