service

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) An act of being of assistance to someone.
2. (countable, uncountable) The state of being subordinate to or employed by an individual or group.
3. (uncountable) Work as a member of the military.
4. (countable, uncountable) The practice of providing assistance as economic activity.
5. (countable, uncountable) Synonym of utility (“commodity provided on a continuous basis by a physical infrastructure network, such as electricity, water supply or sewerage”).
6. (countable, uncountable) A department in a company, organization, or institution.
7. (countable, uncountable) A function that is provided by one program or machine for another.
8. (countable, uncountable) The military.
9. (countable, uncountable) A set of dishes or utensils.
10. (countable, uncountable) The act of initially starting, or serving, the ball in play in tennis, volleyball, and other games.
11. (countable, uncountable) A religious rite or ritual.
12. (countable, uncountable) The serving, or delivery, of a summons or writ.
13. (Israel, also, countable, uncountable) A taxi shared among unrelated passengers, each of whom pays part of the fare; often, it has a fixed route between cities.
14. (countable, uncountable) A musical composition for use in churches.
15. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Profession of respect; acknowledgment of duty owed.
16. (countable, uncountable) The materials used for serving a rope, etc., such as spun yarn and small lines.
17. (countable, uncountable) Access to resources such as hotel rooms and Web-based videos without transfer of the resources' ownership.

Verb

1. (transitive) To serve.
2. (transitive) To serve.
3. (transitive) To serve.
4. (transitive) To make a repayment or pay interest (on a debt).
5. (euphemistic, transitive) To inseminate through sexual intercourse.
6. (transitive, vulgar) To perform a sexual act upon.
7. (euphemistic, transitive) To attack.

Synonyms

attendance

serve

worship

office

🏢

duty

employment

use

help

work

job

favour

labor

maintenance

serving

military service

favor

assistance

bureau

set

benefit

overhaul

public service

function

labour

armed forces

agency

business

position

servitude

maintenance service

upkeep

service bureau

armed services

ceremony

debt service

servicing

capacity

task

ministration

armed service

kindness

hospitality

rite

ritual

service department

divine service

aid

department

facility

ministry

Translations

service

servicio

servizio

Dienst

serviço

dienst

Service

hizmet

servei

Dienstleistung

υπηρεσία

Gottesdienst

servies

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɜːvɪs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: servise

Cognate with French: service

Cognate with Portuguese: serviço

Cognate with Italian: servizio

Cognate with Jèrriais: sèrvice

Cognate with Spanish: servicio

Cognate with Old English: þeġnung

Inherited from Middle English: serves

Inherited from Old English: syrfe

In summary

From Middle English servise, from Old English serfise, 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.

Sentences

It has a strong trade and advanced service sector .

The freight service would be the first scheduled international route for the airport .

The Internet of uncontrolled things brought us a distributed denial of service attack once again .

Monday-Saturday, there is a half-hourly service to and southbound and to northbound .