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Serve Means Benefit H Sentence Brought Back Washington

Word serve
QType H
Instructions In this sentence, serve means to:
Sentence But he brought them back to Washington County and used that knowledge to serve the community.
Source Salon
Source URL https://www.salon.com/2016/03/27/this_is_how_they_gutted_north_carolina_and_this_is_the_man_who_might_save_it/
Source Title This is how they gutted North Carolina — and this is the man who might save it
Choices benefit | dazzle | calm | combat
Correct Answer benefit
Definition In this question, serve is a verb that means to promote, benefit, or be useful or beneficial to.
Blurb

To serve is to perform a role or function. While your co-worker is out sick, you gladly serve as his replacement until he gets better.

Serve comes from the Latin word for servant or slave, but you can serve people without being subordinate to them. You might serve your family hamburgers for dinner, or serve the tennis ball. If you serve a cause, you devote yourself to it. Bug repellant will serve you well on a summer fishing trip. In prison you serve time. If you're elected Mayor, you'll serve a term of three or four years.

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