| service | | |
| n. (act) | 1. service | work done by one person or group that benefits another.; "budget separately for goods and services" |
| ~ work | activity directed toward making or doing something.; "she checked several points needing further work" |
| ~ consulting service | service provided by a professional advisor (e.g., a lawyer or doctor or CPA etc.). |
| ~ facility | a service that an organization or a piece of equipment offers you.; "a cell phone with internet facility" |
| ~ national service | compulsory service in the military during peacetime. |
| ~ utility | the service (electric power or water or transportation) provided by a public utility.; "the cost of utilities never decreases"; "all the utilities were lost after the hurricane" |
| n. (act) | 2. service | an act of help or assistance.; "he did them a service" |
| ~ assist, assistance, help, aid | the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose.; "he gave me an assist with the housework"; "could not walk without assistance"; "rescue party went to their aid"; "offered his help in unloading" |
| ~ 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. |
| n. (act) | 3. divine service, religious service, service | the act of public worship following prescribed rules.; "the Sunday service" |
| ~ religious ceremony, religious ritual | a ceremony having religious meaning. |
| ~ church service, church | a service conducted in a house of worship.; "don't be late for church" |
| ~ devotional | a short religious service. |
| ~ prayer meeting, prayer service | a service at which people sing hymns and pray together. |
| ~ chapel service, chapel | a service conducted in a place of worship that has its own altar.; "he was late for chapel" |
| ~ committal service | service committing a body to the grave.; "the committal service will be held next Monday" |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ vesper | a late afternoon or evening worship service. |
| ~ watch night | a devotional service (especially on New Year's Eve). |
| ~ invocation, supplication | a prayer asking God's help as part of a religious service. |
| n. (group) | 4. service | a company or agency that performs a public service; subject to government regulation. |
| ~ company | an institution created to conduct business.; "he only invests in large well-established companies"; "he started the company in his garage" |
| ~ public-service corporation, public utility, public utility company, utility | a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation. |
| n. (act) | 5. service | employment in or work for another.; "he retired after 30 years of service" |
| ~ employment, work | the occupation for which you are paid.; "he is looking for employment"; "a lot of people are out of work" |
| n. (group) | 6. armed service, military service, service | a force that is a branch of the armed forces. |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ military force, military group, military unit, force | a unit that is part of some military service.; "he sent Caesar a force of six thousand men" |
| ~ armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | the military forces of a nation.; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" |
| ~ personnel, force | group of people willing to obey orders.; "a public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens" |
| n. (person) | 7. robert william service, service | Canadian writer (born in England) who wrote about life in the Yukon Territory (1874-1958). |
| ~ author, writer | writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay). |
| n. (attribute) | 8. avail, help, service | a means of serving.; "of no avail"; "there's no help for it" |
| ~ helpfulness | the property of providing useful assistance. |
| n. (artifact) | 9. service, table service | tableware consisting of a complete set of articles (silver or dishware) for use at table. |
| ~ dinner service, dinner set | a table service for serving dinner. |
| ~ place setting, setting | a table service for one person.; "a place setting of sterling flatware" |
| ~ tableware | articles for use at the table (dishes and silverware and glassware). |
| n. (act) | 10. service, servicing | the act of mating by male animals.; "the bull was worth good money in servicing fees" |
| ~ mating, pairing, sexual union, coupling, union, conjugation | the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes.; "the casual couplings of adolescents"; "the mating of some species occurs only in the spring" |
| n. (act) | 11. service | (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. |
| ~ activity | any specific behavior.; "they avoided all recreational activity" |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ common law, case law, precedent | (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions. |
| n. (act) | 12. serve, service | (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play.; "his powerful serves won the game" |
| ~ squash rackets, squash racquets, squash | a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets. |
| ~ badminton | a game played on a court with light long-handled rackets used to volley a shuttlecock over a net. |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ tennis shot, tennis stroke | the act of hitting a tennis ball with a tennis racket. |
| ~ 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).; "he served too many double faults" |
| ~ net ball, let | a serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court; the ball must be served again. |
| n. (act) | 13. service, service of process, serving | the act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone.; "he accepted service of the subpoena" |
| ~ bringing, delivery | the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail).; "his reluctant delivery of bad news" |
| n. (act) | 14. inspection and repair, overhaul, service | periodic maintenance on a car or machine.; "it was time for an overhaul on the tractor" |
| ~ maintenance, upkeep, care | activity involved in maintaining something in good working order.; "he wrote the manual on car care" |
| ~ interim overhaul | an overhaul between the regular times for overhauling. |
| n. (act) | 15. service | the performance of duties by a waiter or servant.; "that restaurant has excellent 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. |
| ~ accommodation | the act of providing something (lodging or seat or food) to meet a need. |
| v. (social) | 16. serve, service | be used by; as of a utility.; "The sewage plant served the neighboring communities"; "The garage served to shelter his horses" |
| ~ function, operate, work, run, go | perform as expected when applied.; "The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in"; "Does this old car still run well?"; "This old radio doesn't work anymore" |
| ~ serve, function | serve a purpose, role, or function.; "The tree stump serves as a table"; "The female students served as a control group"; "This table would serve very well"; "His freedom served him well"; "The table functions as a desk" |
| v. (change) | 17. service | make fit for use.; "service my truck"; "the washing machine needs to be serviced" |
| ~ tune, tune up | adjust for (better) functioning.; "tune the engine" |
| v. (contact) | 18. serve, service | mate with.; "male animals serve the females for breeding purposes" |
| ~ stand | be available for stud services.; "male domestic animals such as stallions serve selected females" |
| ~ copulate, mate, couple, pair | engage in sexual intercourse.; "Birds mate in the Spring" |
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