English Explanatory Dictionary

service

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An act of being of assistance to someone.
  2. The state of being subordinate to or employed by an individual or group.
  3. Work as a member of the military.
  4. The military.
  5. The practice of providing assistance as economic activity.
  6. Synonym of utility (“commodity provided on a continuous basis by a physical infrastructure network, such as electricity, water supply or sewerage”).
  7. A department in a company, organization, or institution.
  8. A function that is provided by one program or machine for another.
  9. A set of dishes or utensils.
  10. The act of initially starting, or serving, the ball in play in tennis, volleyball, and other games.
  11. A religious rite or ritual.
  12. The serving, or delivery, of a summons or writ.
verb
  1. To serve.
  2. To perform maintenance.
  3. To supply (media outlets) with press releases etc.
  4. To make a repayment or pay interest (on a debt).
  5. To inseminate through sexual intercourse.
  6. To perform a sexual act upon.
  7. To attack.
noun
  1. Service tree.
  2. The sorb; the fruit of this tree.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. An unincorporated community in Crawford County, Missouri, United States.

Pronunciation

/ˈsɜː.vɪs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-service.wav /ˈsɝ.vɪs/ En-us-service.ogg /ˈsər.vɪs/ /ˈsərˌvis/ [ˈsəː-]

Word forms

service services seruice servicing serviced

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ser-der.? Proto-Italic *serwos Latin servus Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin -itia Latin servitiumbor. Old French servisebor. Old English serfis Middle English servise English service From Middle English servise, from Old English serfis, from Old French servise (French service), from the verb servir, from Latin servitium (compare Portuguese serviço, Italian servizio, Norman sèrvice, Spanish servicio), from servus (“servant; serf; slave”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ser-wo-s (“guardian”), possibly from *ser- (“watch over, protect”). Displaced native Old English þeġnung.

Synonyms

military service utility attend wait on go to bed with sleep with be with

Antonyms

antonym(s) of

Related words

service à la française service à la russe

Derived words

accessorial service active service address verification service ancillary travel services antiservice API Service Symbol at someone's service at your service bioservice bord service bottle service bulletin board service Cinderella service civil-service command and service module craft service craft services curbside service cyberservice denial of service denial-of-service attack denial of services diaper service digital service provider directory service domain name service domestic service ecoservice eco-service emergency medical service emergency services enterprise service bus e-service exposed services ex-service extra service eye-service eye service fan service fee-for-service fire service flower service foodservice full service full-service goods and services tax heart-service human services in service inservice in-service integrated services digital network internet service provider interservice intraservice jury service knight-service knight service lip-service lip service

Translations

Bulgarian: обслужвам Catalan: servir Estonian: teenindama Finnish: palvella French: servir Georgian: ემსახურება Georgian: მოემსახურება German: bedienen Hungarian: kiszolgál Indonesian: layanan Persian: خدمت کردن Polish: serwować Portuguese: servir Russian: обслу́живать Russian: обслужи́ть Spanish: servir Swahili: hudumia Swedish: betjäna Ukrainian: обслуго́вувати
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