1
: one that serves food or drink
2
: the player who serves (as in tennis)
3
: something used in serving food or drink
4
: one that serves legal processes upon another
5
: the celebrant's assistant at mass
6
: a computer in a network that is used to provide services (such as access to files or shared peripherals or the routing of email) to other computers in the network
Examples of server in a Sentence
She asked our server for another glass of wine.
we had barely finished ordering when the server brought our salads
Recent Examples on the Web
The process server handed the divorce petition to Stoll in person at the $22 million mansion.
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Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 30 May 2024
In 2011, Facebook started the Open Compute Project, a nonprofit that freely shares designs of servers and equipment inside data centers.
—Mike Isaac, New York Times, 29 May 2024
Randall, now retired from the bench, was joined at his table by another volunteer food server — Appeals Court Senior Judge Jill Halbrooks, who happily agreed to help Randall 21 years ago, and on every Friday before Memorial Day ever since.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 24 May 2024
Lai’s time in office could also be complicated by the opposition Kuomintang controlling the legislature, even as the economy keeps cruising along, thanks to an AI boom that has boosted exports for semiconductors and servers.
—Cindy Wang / Bloomberg, TIME, 20 May 2024
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Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 30 May 2024
In 2011, Facebook started the Open Compute Project, a nonprofit that freely shares designs of servers and equipment inside data centers.
—Mike Isaac, New York Times, 29 May 2024
Randall, now retired from the bench, was joined at his table by another volunteer food server — Appeals Court Senior Judge Jill Halbrooks, who happily agreed to help Randall 21 years ago, and on every Friday before Memorial Day ever since.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 24 May 2024
Lai’s time in office could also be complicated by the opposition Kuomintang controlling the legislature, even as the economy keeps cruising along, thanks to an AI boom that has boosted exports for semiconductors and servers.
—Cindy Wang / Bloomberg, TIME, 20 May 2024
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“Server.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/server. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.
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server
noun
serv·er
ˈsər-vər 
1
: a person who serves food or drink
2
: the player who puts a ball in play
3
: something (as a tray) used in serving food or drink
4
: a computer in a network that is used to provide services (as access to files or the delivery of email) to other computers
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