Translations for „serve“ in the English » Polish Dictionary

I . serve [sɜ:v, Am sɜ:rv] VB trans

1. serve customer, guest:

serve

obsługiwać [perf obsłużyć]

2. serve food, drink:

serve

podawać [perf podać]

3. serve (be enough for):

the pasta should serve three people

makaronu powinno wystarczyć dla trzech osób

4. serve country, purpose:

serve

służyć

5. serve LAW:

serve prison sentence

odsiadywać [perf odsiedzieć]

to serve time [for sth]

odsiadywać [za coś] wyrok

6. serve (be useful):

to serve sb as sth

służyć [perf po-] komuś za coś

7. serve (provide):

to serve sb with sth

zaopatrywać kogoś w coś

8. serve (in tennis, volleyball):

serve

serwować [perf za-]

9. serve (deliver):

serve

doręczać [perf doręczyć]

Phrases:

it serves him right inf

ma za swoje

it serves him right inf

dobrze mu tak

II . serve [sɜ:v, Am sɜ:rv] VB intr

1. serve (give food):

serve

podawać [perf podać] do stołu

2. serve (do job):

serve

służyć

to serve as ambassador to...

pełnić funkcję ambasadora w...

to serve on a committee

zasiadać [perf zasiąść] w komisji

3. serve (be useful):

to serve as...

służyć jako...

4. serve (in tennis, volleyball):

serve

serwować [perf za-]

5. serve REL:

serve

służyć do mszy

III . serve [sɜ:v, Am sɜ:rv] N

serve

serwis m

serve out VB trans

1. serve out (complete):

serve out

odsłużyć

serve out sentence

odsiadywać [perf odsiedzieć]

2. serve out → serve up

See also serve up

serve up VB trans

serve up

podawać [perf podać] do stołu

serve up VB trans

serve up

podawać [perf podać] do stołu

Usage examples with serve

to serve a sentence

odsiadywać [perf odsiedzieć] wyrok

to serve its purpose

spełniać [perf spełnić] swoje zadanie

to do [or serve] time inf

odsiadywać wyrok

to serve the nation

służyć krajowi

a break of serve

przełamanie nt serwisu

to break sb's serve

przełamywać [perf przełamać] czyjś serwis

to serve apprenticeship

odbywać praktykę zawodową

to serve as...

służyć jako...

to serve time [for sth]

odsiadywać [za coś] wyrok

to serve sb as sth

służyć [perf po-] komuś za coś

to serve sb with sth

zaopatrywać kogoś w coś

to serve as ambassador to...

pełnić funkcję ambasadora w...

to serve on a committee

zasiadać [perf zasiąść] w komisji

to serve as a reminder

przypominać

to serve on the bench

być sędzią

the pasta should serve three people

makaronu powinno wystarczyć dla trzech osób

to serve a summons on sb

doręczyć komuś nakaz stawienia się przed sądem

to serve as a foil for sth

podkreślać [perf podkreślić] coś

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

It should serve as a focal point and organizing agency for the interlibrary loan of books. 4.

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The original gas pipes now serve as tubing to hold electrical wire.

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These chemicals may also serve to increase the females reproductive success, but at the cost of decreased longevity and immune response.

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It consists of students who ought to serve the student body by promoting the common good in the principle of subsidiarity.

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Campus spaces serve as virtual laboratories for the study of desert development, biological sciences and the symbiotic relationship between environment and community.

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We are actively applying our creative financing abilities to serve local clients in the southeast.

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This line must not be crossed and the serve is played bottom-up.

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A number of web pages exist that serve to perpetuate the tale.

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If you like the soup chunky serve as is or mash partially with a potato masher.

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The projecting concrete ledges on the towers serve as both balconies and as awnings for the apartments below.

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