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SUBSERVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does subserve mean?
• SUBSERVE (verb)
The verb SUBSERVE has 1 sense:
1. be helpful or useful
Familiarity information: SUBSERVE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
... he / she / it subserves Past simple: subserved
Past participle: subserved
-ing form: subserving
Sense 1
Meaning:
Be helpful or useful
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "subserve" is one way to...):
aid; assist; help (give help or assistance; be of service)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Derivation:
subservience (the condition of being something that is useful in reaching an end or carrying out a plan)
subservient (serving or acting as a means or aid)
Context examples
A new formation of tissue that does not subserve a physiologic purpose, has unregulated growth, exhibits cellular characteristics resembling cells of gastrointestinal lineage, and grows autonomously.
(Neoplasms of the Mouse Intestinal Tract, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)
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