serving

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UK/ˈsɜːvɪŋ/US/ˈsɝvɪŋ/

noun

The act or process of serving.

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helpingportionserviceservice of process
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Meanings

nounserving (countable and uncountable, plural servings)

plural servings

  1. gerunduncountableThe act or process of serving.
  2. countableAn instance of that act or process.
  3. countableThe quantity of food or drink intended for one person in a single sitting; especially in relation to a meal.

    Synonyms: helping

  4. broadlycountableA 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
  5. countableA layer added to the outside of an electrical cable to protect it.
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of serve

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Similar
helping

More synonyms by meaning

nounan individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal

Similar
helpingportion
Broader
small indefinite quantitysmall indefinite amount

nounthe act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone

Similar
serviceservice of process
Broader
deliverybringing
Also see
helpingportionserveserviceservice of process

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

By surface analysis, serve + -ing.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Bulgarian по́рция
  • по́рция (pórcija)portion of food
Czech porce
  • porceportion of food
Dutch portie
  • portieportion of food
Esperanto porcio
  • porcioportion of food
Finnish syöttö, annos
  • syöttöthe act of serving
  • annosportion of food
French portion
  • portionportion of food
German Portion, Gang
  • Portionportion of food
  • Gangportion of food
Greek μερίδα
  • μερίδα (merída)portion of food
Hebrew מנה
  • מנה (maná)portion of food
Hindi परोसना
  • परोसना (parosnā)portion of food
Hungarian szolgálat, kiszolgálás
  • szolgálatthe act of serving
  • kiszolgálásthe act of serving
  • felszolgálásthe act of serving
  • tálalásthe act of serving
  • szervírozásthe act of serving
  • adagportion of food
  • burkoláslayer added to the outside of an electrical cable to protect it
  • burkolatlayer added to the outside of an electrical cable to protect it
  • borításlayer added to the outside of an electrical cable to protect it
Irish fónamh
  • fónamhthe act of serving
Italian servizio, porzione
  • serviziothe act of serving
  • porzioneportion of food
Māori inati
  • inatiportion of food
Polish porcja
  • porcjaportion of food
Portuguese porção
  • porçãoportion of food
Romanian porție
  • porțieportion of food
Russian обслу́живание, по́рция
  • обслу́живание (obslúživanije)the act of serving
  • по́рция (pórcija)portion of food
Spanish servicio, porción
  • serviciothe act of serving
  • porciónportion of food
  • raciónportion of food
Swedish portion
  • portionportion of food
Tagalog pagsisilbi
  • pagsisilbithe act of serving
Ukrainian обслуго́вування, по́рція
  • обслуго́вування (obsluhóvuvannja)the act of serving
  • по́рція (pórcija)portion of food
Vietnamese suất
  • suấtportion of food

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with serving

observingIrvingdeservingcurvingundeserving
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Anagrams

versing
Cite this entry
APA

serving. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/serving

MLA

“serving.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/serving. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “serving,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/serving.

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