Meaning

19 senses

  1. (countable, uncountable)An act of being of assistance to someone.

    I say I did him a service by ending our relationship – now he can freely pursue his career.

    Dienst, Service

    услу́гаuslúga

    the act of mating by male animals

  2. (countable, uncountable)The state of being subordinate to or employed by an individual or group.

    Lancelot was at the service of King Arthur.

    Dienst

    слу́жбаslúžba, служе́ниеslužénije

  3. (uncountable)Work as a member of the military.

    Thank you for your service.

    Students were exempt from service in the armed forces.

    employment in or work for another

  4. (countable, uncountable)The military.

    the service

    I did three years in the service before coming here.

    Dienst, Wehrdienst

    слу́жбаslúžba

    слу́жбаslúžba

  5. (countable, uncountable)The practice of providing assistance as economic activity.

    Hair care is a service industry.

    Dienstleistung, Bedienung, Service

    слу́жбаslúžba, обслу́живаниеobslúživanije, се́рвисsɛ́rvis

    слу́жбаslúžba, обслуго́вуванняobsluhóvuvannja, се́рвісsérvis

  6. (countable, uncountable)Synonym of utility (“commodity provided on a continuous basis by a physical infrastructure network, such as electricity, water supply or sewerage”).

  7. (countable, uncountable)A department in a company, organization, or institution.

  8. (countable, uncountable)A function that is provided by one program or machine for another.

    This machine provides the name service for the LAN.

    Service

    слу́жбаslúžba, се́рвисsɛ́rvis

  9. (countable, uncountable)A set of dishes or utensils.

    She brought out the silver tea service.

    Service

    серви́зservíz

    серві́зservíz

  10. (countable, uncountable)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.

    Aufschlag, Angabe

    пода́чаpodáča

    (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play

  11. (countable, uncountable)A religious rite or ritual.

    The funerary service was touching.

    Gottesdienst

    слу́жбаslúžba, моле́бенmolében

  12. (countable, uncountable)The serving, or delivery, of a summons or writ.

    The service happened yesterday.

    Zustellung

    the act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone

Examples

942 sentences

  1. Are you happy with the service?

    Ти задоволений сервісом?

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  2. I'm glad to be of service.

    Я радий допомогти.

    ruРад помочь.

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  3. Why don't you call customer service?

    Чому б тобі не зателефонувати до служби клієнтської підтримки?

    deRuf doch mal beim Kundendienst an!

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  4. I don't charge for my services.

    Я не вимагаю оплати за свої послуги.

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  5. They give good service at that restaurant.

    У цьому ресторані гарне обслуговування.

    ruВ этом ресторане хорошее обслуживание.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
the military:
practice of providing services as economic activity:
set of dishes or utensils:
Русский
By meaning 6
act of being of assistance to someone:
state of being subordinate or employed:
practice of providing services as economic activity:
set of dishes or utensils:
sports: act of initially serving the ball:
religious rite or ritual:
Deutsch
By meaning 6
act of being of assistance to someone:
the military:
practice of providing services as economic activity:
sports: act of initially serving the ball:
religious rite or ritual:
legal: delivery of a summons or writ:

Origin

From Middle English servise, from Old English serfis, from Old French servise (French serv

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.

Properly, the tree that bears sorb fruit, from Middle English serves, plural of serve (“sorb apple, serviceberry”), from Old English syrfe, from Vulgar Latin *sorbea, from Latin sorbus (“service tree”). See sorb.

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Forms

plural: services
Singularservice
Pluralservices

regular

Synonyms

12 synonyms
utilityB2military serviceforces
Close in meaning

Antonyms

2 antonyms
antonym(s) of
disservice

Word family

136 related words
Derivedself-serviceB1accessorial serviceactive serviceantiservicebioservicebord servicebottle servicecraft servicecurbside servicecyberservicedenial-of-service attackdiaper servicedirectory servicedomestic serviceecoserviceemergency servicese-serviceexposed servicesex-serviceextra servicefee-for-servicefire serviceflower servicefoodservice

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

Collocations

5 patterns
  • customer service
  • be of service
  • service charge
  • community service
  • room service

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
servantB2serveA2serverB1serviceableservicemanservietteservile
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