servir — meaning in English

English meaning

• avail verb To make use of an opportunity or resource, usually for one's own benefit.
• await verb To wait for something or someone, often with a sense of expectation.
• profit noun The financial gain made after subtracting costs from revenue.
• serve verb To provide help, food, or a service to someone.
• service noun Work done to help or benefit someone, or the act of providing this.
• use verb To employ something for a particular purpose.
• wait noun A period spent staying where you are, or delaying action, until something happens.

Senses

servir is used for these senses in English:

• avail (intransitive) To be of use or advantage; to answer or serve the purpose; to have strength, force, or efficacy sufficient to accomplish the object.
• await (transitive, intransitive) To serve or attend; to wait on, wait upon.
• dish up (transitive) To serve (cooked food); to take (food) from the oven, pots, etc. and put in dishes to be served at table.
• profit (transitive) To benefit (somebody), be of use to (somebody).
• serve (transitive) To set down (food or drink) on the table to be eaten; to bring (food, drink) to a person. [from 15th c.]
• service (transitive) To serve.
• use (transitive) To employ; to apply; to utilize.
• wait (intransitive, stative, US) To wait tables; to serve customers in a restaurant or other eating establishment.

avail — full definition

1. verb To make use of an opportunity or resource, usually for one's own benefit.
2. noun Use or benefit, especially in the phrase "to no avail," meaning without success.

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