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обслужи́ть — meaning in English

obsluzhit

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English meaning

  • await verb To wait for something or someone, often with a sense of expectation.
  • 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.
  • wait noun A period spent staying where you are, or delaying action, until something happens.

Senses

обслужи́ть is used for these senses in English:

  • await (transitive, intransitive) To serve or attend; to wait on, wait upon.
  • serve (transitive) To set down (food or drink) on the table to be eaten; to bring (food, drink) to a person. [from 15th c.]
  • serve (transitive, archaic) To be suitor to; to be the lover of. [from 14th c.]
  • serve (transitive) To be useful to; to meet the needs of. [from 14th c.]
  • wait (intransitive, stative, US) To wait tables; to serve customers in a restaurant or other eating establishment.
  • wait on To provide a service to (someone); to act as a servant to (someone); to serve (someone) as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant.

serve — full definition

  1. verb To provide help, food, or a service to someone.
  2. verb To be useful or suitable for a particular purpose.
  3. verb To officially deliver a legal document to someone.
  4. verb To hit the ball first to start play in tennis, volleyball, and similar sports.
  5. noun The act of putting the ball in play at the start of a point in tennis or similar sports.

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