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English

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Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

service (plural services)

  1. An event in which an entity takes the responsibility that something desirable happens on the behalf of another entity.
  2. (economics) Action or work that is produced, then traded, bought or sold, then finally consumed.
    Hair care is a service industry.
  3. (computing) A function that is provided by one program or machine for another.
    This machine provides the name service for the LAN.
  4. The military.
    I did three years in the service before coming here.
  5. A set of dishes or utensils.
    She brought out the silver tea service.
  6. (sports) The act of initially starting, or serving, the ball in play in tennis, volleyball, and other games.
    The player had four service faults in the set.
  7. A religious rite or ritual.
    The funeral service was touching.
  8. (law) The serving, or delivery, of a summons or writ.
    The service happened yesterday.
  9. (public service) that which is provided by the government or its agents
    The Job Centre provides a service to the unemployed.
  10. (religion) Doing something for someone else without thought of reward or payment.

Usage notes

In British English, the indefinite article “a” is often used with “good service”, as in “A good service is operating on all London Underground lines,” while this is not used in American English.

Antonyms

Derived terms

Terms derived from service

Verb

to service (third-person singular simple present services, present participle servicing, simple past and past participle serviced)

  1. (transitive) To serve.
    They service the customer base.
  2. (transitive) To perform maintenance.
    He is going to service the car.
  3. (transitive, vulgar) To perform a sexual act.
    He was going to service her.

Translations

to serve
  • Indonesian: layanan id(id)
  • Portuguese: servir pt(pt)
  • Spanish: servir es(es)
  • Swahili: hudumia sw(sw)
to perform maintenance
  • Estonian: hooldama et(et)
  • Finnish: huoltaa fi(fi)
  • German: warten de(de)
  • Portuguese: fazer a manutenção
  • Swahili: hudumia sw(sw)

Descendants

Dutch

Noun

service f. and m. (plural services)

  1. service

French

Etymology

From Latin servitium, from servus.

Pronunciation

Noun

service m. (plural services)

  1. service

Anagrams

 

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