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SERVICE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The performance of duties by a waiter or servant

Example:

that restaurant has excellent service

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("service" is a kind of...):

accommodation (the act of providing something (lodging or seat or food) to meet a need)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "service"):

curb service (service provided to customers who remain in their vehicles)

self-service (the practice of serving yourself (as in a grocery or cafeteria))

valet parking (a service provided (at a club or restaurant or airport etc.) whereby a patron leaves a car at the entrance and an attendant parks and retrieves it)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Periodic maintenance on a car or machine

Example:

it was time for an overhaul on the tractor

Synonyms:

inspection and repair; overhaul; service

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("service" is a kind of...):

care; maintenance; upkeep (activity involved in maintaining something in good working order)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "service"):

interim overhaul (an overhaul between the regular times for overhauling)

Derivation:

service (make fit for use)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone

Example:

he accepted service of the subpoena

Synonyms:

service; service of process; serving

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("service" is a kind of...):

bringing; delivery (the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail))

Sense 4

Meaning:

(sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play

Example:

his powerful serves won the game

Synonyms:

serve; service

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("service" is a kind of...):

tennis shot; tennis stroke (the act of hitting a tennis ball with a tennis racket)

Domain category:

lawn tennis; tennis (a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court)

badminton (a game played on a court with light long-handled rackets used to volley a shuttlecock over a net)

squash; squash rackets; squash racquets (a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "service"):

ace (a serve that the receiver is unable to reach)

fault ((sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area))

let; net ball (a serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court; the ball must be served again)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Work done by one person or group that benefits another

Example:

budget separately for goods and services

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("service" is a kind of...):

work (activity directed toward making or doing something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "service"):

utility (the service (electric power or water or transportation) provided by a public utility)

national service (compulsory service in the military during peacetime)

facility (a service that an organization or a piece of equipment offers you)

consulting service (service provided by a professional advisor (e.g., a lawyer or doctor or CPA etc.))

Sense 6

Meaning:

(law) the acts performed by an English feudal tenant for the benefit of his lord which formed the consideration for the property granted to him

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("service" is a kind of...):

activity (any specific behavior)

Domain category:

case law; common law; precedent ((civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "service"):

socage (land tenure by agricultural service or payment of rent; not burdened with military service)

military service (land tenure by service in the lord's army)

knight's service (land tenure by service to the lord as a knight)

Sense 7

Meaning:

Employment in or work for another

Example:

he retired after 30 years of service

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("service" is a kind of...):

employment; work (the occupation for which you are paid)

Sense 8

Meaning:

The act of mating by male animals

Example:

the bull was worth good money in servicing fees

Synonyms:

service; servicing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("service" is a kind of...):

conjugation; coupling; mating; pairing; sexual union; union (the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes)

Derivation:

service (mate with)

Sense 9

Meaning:

The act of public worship following prescribed rules

Example:

the Sunday service

Synonyms:

divine service; religious service; service

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("service" is a kind of...):

religious ceremony; religious ritual (a ceremony having religious meaning)

Meronyms (parts of "service"):

invocation; supplication (a prayer asking God's help as part of a religious service)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "service"):

watch night (a devotional service (especially on New Year's Eve))

vesper (a late afternoon or evening worship service)

none (a service in the Roman Catholic Church formerly read or chanted at 3 PM (the ninth hour counting from sunrise) but now somewhat earlier)

committal service (service committing a body to the grave)

chapel; chapel service (a service conducted in a place of worship that has its own altar)

prayer meeting; prayer service (a service at which people sing hymns and pray together)

devotional (a short religious service)

church; church service (a service conducted in a house of worship)

Sense 10

Meaning:

An act of help or assistance

Example:

he did them a service

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("service" is a kind of...):

aid; assist; assistance; help (the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "service"):

child care; childcare (a service involving care for other people's children)

community service (an unpaid service for the benefit of the public that is performed by lawbreakers as part (or all) of their sentence)

community service; public service (a service that is performed for the benefit of the public or its institutions)

help desk; helpdesk (a service that provides information and assistance to the users of a computer network)

seating (the service of ushering people to their seats)

Antonym:

disservice (an act intended to help that turns out badly)

Sense 11

Meaning:

Tableware consisting of a complete set of articles (silver or dishware) for use at table

Synonyms:

service; table service

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("service" is a kind of...):

tableware (articles for use at the table (dishes and silverware and glassware))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "service"):

place setting; setting (a table service for one person)

dinner service; dinner set (a table service for serving dinner)

Sense 12

Meaning:

A means of serving

Example:

there's no help for it

Synonyms:

avail; help; service

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("service" is a kind of...):

helpfulness (the property of providing useful assistance)

Sense 13

Meaning:

A company or agency that performs a public service; subject to government regulation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("service" is a kind of...):

company (an institution created to conduct business)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "service"):

public-service corporation; public utility; public utility company; utility (a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation)

Derivation:

service (be used by; as of a utility)

Sense 14

Meaning:

A force that is a branch of the armed forces

Synonyms:

armed service; military service; service

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("service" is a kind of...):

force; personnel (group of people willing to obey orders)

Meronyms (members of "service"):

force; military force; military group; military unit (a unit that is part of some military service)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "service"):

army; ground forces; regular army (a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state)

naval forces; navy (an organization of military vessels belonging to a country and available for sea warfare)

coastguard (a military service responsible for the safety of maritime traffic in coastal waters)

Marines (members of a body of troops trained to serve on land or at sea)

air force; airforce (the airborne branch of a country's armed forces)

Sense 15

Meaning:

Canadian writer (born in England) who wrote about life in the Yukon Territory (1874-1958)

Synonyms:

Robert William Service; Service

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make fit for use

Example:

the washing machine needs to be serviced

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "service" is one way to...):

tune; tune up (adjust for (better) functioning)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

service (periodic maintenance on a car or machine)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Mate with

Example:

male animals serve the females for breeding purposes

Synonyms:

serve; service

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "service" is one way to...):

copulate; couple; mate; pair (engage in sexual intercourse)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "service"):

stand (be available for stud services)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

service; servicing (the act of mating by male animals)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Be used by; as of a utility

Example:

The garage served to shelter his horses

Synonyms:

serve; service

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "service" is one way to...):

function; go; operate; run; work (perform as expected when applied)

Verb group:

function; serve (serve a purpose, role, or function)

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE

Derivation:

service (a company or agency that performs a public service; subject to government regulation)

Credits

 Context examples: 

A questionnaire that seeks information both on a person's level of functioning and on their need and utilization of services.

(Older Americans Resource Scale Multidimensional Functional Assessment Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)

It advises the NIH Deputy Director for Management and delivery of technical and administrative services in support of the NIH research mission.

(Office of Research Services, NCI Thesaurus)

Martin was the only one capable of handling a boat, and he was pressed into service.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

“It is honor to draw string in his service.”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Thomas Mugridge, sir, an’ at yer service.”

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

A concept unique identifier within the NCI Enterprise Vocabulary Service's NCI Metathesaurus.

(NCI Metathesaurus Code, NCI Thesaurus)

What qualities have you, my friend, which would make your services so valuable? or is it possible that—

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

USDA Red, the world's first true red spinach variety has been developed and released by the Agricultural Research Service.

(World's First True Red Spinach Variety Released, U.S. Department of Agriculture)

I told him I had not gone today, fearing to lose the chance of being of any service to him; but that I was ready to go when he would.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

A shared facility providing biostatistical services.

(Biostatistics Core, NCI Thesaurus)

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