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service
v. provide assistance, perform work for another person; repair, fix, make fit for use
 
adj. useful; used to present food or drink; providing assistance; repairing, performing maintenance tasks; pertaining to the armed forces
 
n. act of providing; act of offering; work, labor; function, role; set of dishes; religious ceremony; offer, presentation; help, aid; act of putting a ball into play (Sports); military, armed forces


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Service (disambiguation)
Service can refer to:Public services, services carried out with the aim of providing a public goodpenetrant, as defined by a building codeService (Systems Architecture), the provision of a discrete business or technology function within a systems environment; i.e. Business Service – “Manage Customer Address”; Technical Service – “Create E-Mail Notification”Service (economics), the non-material equivalent of a good in economics and marketingThe Service Sector, the tertiary sector of industryDomestic service, employment in a residenceMilitary service, the whole or part of a country's armed forces, or the act of serving in those forcesCivil service, career employees of governmentServe (tennis), a shot to start a point in tennisWindows service, a background computer program in Microsoft WindowsWeb service, a software system designed to support interoperable machine-to-machine interaction over a networkA program in the Services menu (under Mac OS X and other operating systems) that processes selected dataIRC services, a set of features implemented in most modern Internet Relay Chat networksService of worship, a meeting for the worship of a religious deityService (music), musical settings for sections of a service of worshipService of process, the delivery of a summons, complaint or other court petitionService Tree (Sorbus domestica), a species of treeRobert W. Service, poetService (record label), a record labelService (motor vehicle)
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Service
Noun
1. Canadian writer (born in England) who wrote about life in the Yukon Territory (1874-1958)
(synonym) Robert William Service
(hypernym) writer, author

 
service
Noun
1. work done by one person or group that benefits another; "budget separately for goods and services"
(hypernym) work
(hyponym) consulting service
2. a company or agency that performs a public service; subject to government regulation
(hypernym) company
(hyponym) utility, public utility, public-service corporation
(derivation) serve
3. the act of public worship following prescribed rules; "the Sunday service"
(synonym) religious service, divine service
(hypernym) religious ceremony, religious ritual
(hyponym) church service, church
(part-meronym) invocation, supplication
4. an act of help or assistance; "he did them a service"
(antonym) disservice, ill service, ill turn
(hypernym) aid, assist, assistance, help
(hyponym) childcare, child care
5. employment in or work for another; "he retired after 30 years of service"
(hypernym) employment, work
6. a force that is a branch of the armed forces
(synonym) military service, armed service
(hypernym) force, personnel
(hyponym) army, regular army, ground forces
(member-meronym) military unit, military force, military group, force
(classification) military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
7. the performance of duties by a waiter or servant; "that restaurant has excellent service"
(hypernym) accommodation
(hyponym) curb service
8. periodic maintenance on a car or machine; "it was time for an overhaul on the tractor"
(synonym) overhaul, inspection and repair
(hypernym) care, maintenance, upkeep
(hyponym) interim overhaul
9. tableware consisting of a complete set of articles (silver or dishware) for use at table
(synonym) table service
(hypernym) tableware
(hyponym) dinner service, dinner set
10. (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play; "his powerful serves won the game"
(synonym) serve
(hypernym) tennis stroke, tennis shot
(hyponym) ace
(classification) tennis, lawn tennis
11. the act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone; "he accepted service of the subpoena"
(synonym) serving, service of process
(hypernym) delivery, bringing
12. a means of serving; "of no avail"; "there's no help for it"
(synonym) avail, help
(hypernym) helpfulness
13. the act of mating by male animals; "the bull was worth good money in servicing fees"
(synonym) servicing
(hypernym) coupling, mating, pairing, conjugation, union, sexual union
(derivation) serve
14. (law) the acts performed by an English feudal tenant for the benefit of his lord which formed the consideration for the property granted to him
(hypernym) activity
(hyponym) socage
(classification) case law, precedent, common law
Verb
1. be used by; as of a utility; "The sewage plant served the neighboring communities"; "The garage served to shelter his horses"
(synonym) serve
(hypernym) function, work, operate, go, run
(verb-group) serve, function
2. make fit for use; "service my truck"; "the washing machine needs to be serviced"
(hypernym) tune, tune up
(derivation) overhaul, inspection and repair
3. mate with; "male animals serve the females for breeding purposes"
(synonym) serve
(hypernym) copulate, mate, pair, couple
(hyponym) stand
(derivation) servicing


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Service (das)
n. service, set of dishes; act of putting a ball into play (Sports)

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service (m)
n. service; department, office; attendance; sitting, serving; favor

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