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service
noun (WORK) /ˈsɜː.vɪs/
/ˈsɝː-/ Definition
B2 [C] a government department that is responsible for a particular area of activity: the diplomatic service the security servicesGovernment departments and organizations C1 [C or U] the time you spend working for an organization: She was given the award for a lifetime of public service.Working hours and periods of workWork, working and the workplace services [plural] formal › the particular skills that someone has and can offer to others: I may be needing the services of a surveyor soon, as I'm buying a house.Skill, talent and ability in service › in use: The battleship has been in service since 1965.Using and misusing be in service old-fashioned › to be employed as a servantServants, slaves and underlings
(Definition of service noun (WORK) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- agency noun (ORGANIZATION)
- bureau noun (ORGANIZATION)
- Customs and Excise noun
- Downing Street noun
- executive noun
- HMSO noun
- interior noun
- lobby noun (ROOM)
- lower house noun
- MI5 noun
- MI6 noun
- ministry noun (GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT)
- NGO noun
- secretariat noun
- State Department noun
- the CSA noun
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