serve

/sɜːrv/

意味: 奉仕、給仕

例文: Momo’s serve of tea was… questionable.
　　  モモのお茶の給仕は…怪しかった。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: serve food(食べ物を出す), serve a purpose(目的を果たす), serve a customer(客に対応する)

定義: 何かを提供したり、役に立ったりすること。例えば、食べ物や飲み物を人に出すことや、特定の目的や役割を果たすことを指します。また、店やレストランでお客さんに対応することも含まれます。

serveは約10,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度 - 横向き棒グラフ

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析 レーダーチャート

感情グラフ: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

Definitions(定義)

Noun: (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play
Verb: serve a purpose, role, or function
Verb: do duty or hold offices; serve in a specific function
Verb: contribute or conduce to
Verb: be used by; as of a utility
Verb: help to some food; help with food or drink
Verb: provide (usually but not necessarily food)
Verb: devote (part of) one’s life or efforts to, as of countries, institutions, or ideas
Verb: promote, benefit, or be useful or beneficial to
Verb: spend time in prison or in a labor camp
Verb: work for or be a servant to
Verb: deliver a warrant or summons to someone
Verb: be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
Verb: do military service
Verb: mate with
Verb: put the ball into play

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

They serve food quickly at this restaurant.(このレストランは料理を素早く提供します。)
Volunteers serve the community every weekend.(ボランティアは毎週末地域に奉仕します。)
The player will serve the ball now.(選手が今ボールをサーブします。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Noun: his powerful serves won the game
Verb: The tree stump serves as a table
Verb: The female students served as a control group
Verb: This table would serve very well
Verb: His freedom served him well
Verb: The table functions as a desk
Verb: He served as head of the department for three years
Verb: She served in Congress for two terms
Verb: The scandal served to increase his popularity
Verb: The sewage plant served the neighboring communities
Verb: The garage served to shelter his horses
Verb: I served him three times, and after that he helped himself
Verb: We serve meals for the homeless
Verb: She dished out the soup at 8 P.M.
Verb: The entertainers served up a lively show
Verb: She served the art of music
Verb: He served the church
Verb: serve the country
Verb: Art serves commerce
Verb: Their interests are served
Verb: The lake serves recreation
Verb: The President’s wisdom has served the country well
Verb: He did six years for embezzlement
Verb: May I serve you?
Verb: She attends the old lady in the wheelchair
Verb: Can you wait on our table, please?
Verb: Is a salesperson assisting you?
Verb: The minister served the King for many years
Verb: He was processed by the sheriff
Verb: A few words would answer
Verb: This car suits my purpose well
Verb: Will $100 do?
Verb: A ‘B’ grade doesn’t suffice to get me into medical school
Verb: Nothing else will serve
Verb: She served in Vietnam
Verb: My sons never served, because they are short-sighted
Verb: male animals serve the females for breeding purposes
Verb: It was Agassi’s turn to serve

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): answer, assist, attend, attend to, dish, dish out, dish up, do, function, help, process, serve, serve up, serve well, service, suffice, swear out, wait on

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): copulate, deliver, effect, foster, function, help, move, provide, satisfy, spend, suffice, tennis stroke, work

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): accommodate, assist, avail, bank, beaver, benefact, bluff, board, boondoggle, bootstrap, breed, busy, care, carpenter, carry through, castle, cater, check, clerk, collaborate, consign, cover, cut, deflower, double, draw, drench, drive, drop, electioneer, expedite, facilitate, farm, feed, fill, fink, fix up, freelance, go a long way, go around, gratify, gutter, help out, horse, induce, intern, job, labor, man, manoeuver, meet, minister, misdeliver, moonlight, nick, nourish, open, page, pander, patronize, plug away, power, precipitate, pull one’s weight, putter, qualify, regale, return, ride, roll, run, serve, service, shower, skimp, skipper, slave, sleep together, slum, sodomize, sojourn, soldier, specialize, staff, stalemate, subcontract, subserve, succor, suffice, summer, tide over, tinker, tread, trump, turn a trick, underlay, vacation, volunteer, wait, weekend, while away, whore, winter, work, work at, work through

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): ace, act, act as, admit, caddie, fag, fault, go a long way, go around, help, let, officiate, plank, prelude, qualify, represent, rotate, serve, sit, staff, stand, subpoena, tide over, valet, wash

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: assist, attendant, attender, dish, function, helping, process, servant, serve, server, service, servicing, serving, servitor, sufficiency, sufficient

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: conversation, descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
intransitive verb, transitive verb

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

中学レベル

英検3級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Atomic Habits, Holes

Movies(映画): Finding Nemo, The Bad Guys, Zootopia

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: negative, trust