SUBSERVE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they subserve ... he / she / it subserves

Past simple: subserved

Past participle: subserved

-ing form: subserving

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)