Meaning

7 senses
  1. (transitive)To serve.

    They service the customer base.

    bedienen

    обслу́живатьobslúživatʹ, обслужи́тьobslužítʹ

    обслуго́вуватиobsluhóvuvaty

  2. To serve.

    (transitive)To perform maintenance.

    He is going to service the car.

    warten

    обслу́живатьobslúživatʹ, обслужи́тьobslužítʹ

  3. (transitive)To supply (media outlets) with press releases etc.

  4. (transitive)To make a repayment or pay interest (on a debt).

    It continues to be laden with intense debt servicing costs.

  5. (euphemistic, transitive)To inseminate through sexual intercourse.

  6. (transitive, vulgar)To perform a sexual act upon.

    He serviced her several times a week.

  7. (euphemistic, transitive)To attack.

    to service a target

    target servicing

More definitions
  • make fit for use
  • be used by; as of a utility
  • mate with

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

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to serve:
Русский
By meaning 1
to serve:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to serve:
to perform maintenance:

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.

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Forms

services, servicing, serviced, serviced
Base formservice · to service
3rd person singularservices
Present participleservicing
Past simpleserviced
Past participleserviced

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyservice
he, she, itservices

Past simpleLesson

all personsserviced

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave serviced
he, she, ithas serviced

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill service

Synonyms

6 synonyms
to serve:attendB1
to perform a sexual act:be with
Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words

Collocations

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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