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NATIONAL SERVICE
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Compulsory service in the military during peacetime
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("national service" is a kind of...):
service (work done by one person or group that benefits another)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)