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Gillyflower Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

receiving a guest

Hi,

When you receive a guest by serving coffee or drinks, what do you call it?

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eg hospitality

— Clive

  • eg hospitality
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Cliveeg hospitality
What about "reception". Is it used in this case?
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It depends on how you use these words in a sentence.
eg She showed hospitality to to her guests.
eg She gave her guests a nice reception.

Both words relate to showing kindness and politeness to guests.
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CliveIt depends on how you use these words in a sentence.eg She showed hospitality to to her guests.eg She gave her guests a nice reception.Both words relate to showing kindness and politeness to guests.
Thank you. I need a noun "for serving something to eat like coffee, drinks, ...
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I can't think of a specific term,

She served refreshments?
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gillyflowerThank you. I need a noun "for serving something to eat like coffee, drinks, ...
It may help if you give the whole sentence with a gap where the word should fit.
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gillyflowercoffee or drinks
coffee or other drinks. Coffee is a drink.
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True,
But the term 'drinks' is also quite often used to mean alcoholic drinks.
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What is the noun for the verb "serve" here? serving? If yes, could you please provide an example?
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gillyflowerWhat is the noun for the verb "serve" here? serving? If yes, could you please provide an example?
"serving", meaning the act of performing the verb "serve", can be a gerund (like other present participles), e.g. "Could you please help with serving the guests". However, it is not a "strong" noun in this sense. "serving" (countable noun) means a porti
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