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work for vs serve for

Both 'work for' and 'serve for' are correct phrases, but they are used in different contexts. 'Work for' is commonly used to indicate employment or a professional relationship, while 'serve for' is used to express the purpose or function of something.

Last updated: March 21, 2024 • 876 views

work for

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to indicate employment or a professional relationship.

Use 'work for' when talking about being employed by a company or working on behalf of someone or something.

Examples:

I work for a software company in the marketing department.
She works for a non-profit organization that helps children in need.
Who do you work for?
He has been working for the same company for over ten years.
The lawyer works for the defense team.

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Someone like you could never work for Diaz...
We must work for genuine simplification, not further complication.
The legal system doesn't work for guys like me.
When you work for a powerful man...
There's never work for tramps.
I work for Miss Miller now.
Scientists who work for MK Ultra.
I work for Northern Marine Transport.
I work for a company providing corporate intelligence and covert surveillance.
Your ideas always mean work for me.
Starfleet discovered you work for us.
Employees do your work for you.
In Mindanao various groups and bodies work for this.
EMTs who work for private ambulance companies.
I understand you work for Adam Galloway.
Sydney did remarkable work for a civilian.
I work for a bodyguard company.
I work for a single-national corporation called Associated Strategies.
This is work for professionally-trained spies.
A handy terminal cleaner can work for this wonderfully.

Alternatives:

be employed by
work at
work with
work under
work on behalf of

serve for

This phrase is correct but less commonly used in everyday English. It is used to express the purpose or function of something.

Use 'serve for' when explaining the intended function or purpose of an object or a person's role.

Examples:

This knife serves for cutting bread.
The new law serves for protecting the environment.
The committee serves for reviewing grant applications.
The meeting serves for discussing the budget.
His experience serves for guiding others in similar situations.

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McNamara has informed the Company that he will not stand for re-election as a director, but will continue to serve for the remainder of his current term which ...
be useful) to serve for or as → servir de it will serve → servirá para el caso it serves to show that → sirve para demostrar que ... 5. (Tennis) → sacar. C. N ( Tennis ...
4 : to prove adequate or satisfactory : suffice <it will serve for this task>. 5 : to help persons to food: asa : to wait at tableb : to set out portions of food or drink.
5 days ago ... [+ to infinitive] Nothing serves to explain the violent fighting we have seen recently.old-fashioned My umbrella will serve for a ...

Alternatives:

be used for
function as
act as
fulfill the purpose of
be intended for

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