name
Meaning 1
A surname.
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name
A surname.
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name
An unincorporated community in Crawford County, Missouri, United States.
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noun
An act of being of assistance to someone.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The state of being subordinate to or employed by an individual or group.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Work as a member of the military.
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Usage: uncountable
Qualifier: elliptical
Synonyms: military service
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noun
The military.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The practice of providing assistance as economic activity.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: economics, sciences
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noun
Synonym of utility (“commodity provided on a continuous basis by a physical infrastructure network, such as electricity, water supply or sewerage”).
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Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: business
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Synonyms: utility
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noun
A department in a company, organization, or institution.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A function that is provided by one program or machine for another.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
A set of dishes or utensils.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The act of initially starting, or serving, the ball in play in tennis, volleyball, and other games.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
A religious rite or ritual.
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noun
The serving, or delivery, of a summons or writ.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: law
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noun
A taxi shared among unrelated passengers, each of whom pays part of the fare; often, it has a fixed route between cities.
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Usage: Israel, also, countable, uncountable
Qualifier: West Bank; Lebanon and Syria; West Bank; Lebanon and Syria
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noun
A musical composition for use in churches.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Profession of respect; acknowledgment of duty owed.
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Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
The materials used for serving a rope, etc., such as spun yarn and small lines.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: nautical, transport
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noun
Access to resources such as hotel rooms and Web-based videos without transfer of the resources' ownership.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Service tree.
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noun
The sorb; the fruit of this tree.
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verb
To serve.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
To serve.
To perform maintenance.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
To serve.
To supply (media outlets) with press releases etc.
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Usage: transitive
Qualifier: public relations
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verb
To make a repayment or pay interest (on a debt).
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Usage: transitive
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verb
To inseminate through sexual intercourse.
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Usage: euphemistic, transitive
Topics: agriculture, business, lifestyle
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verb
To perform a sexual act upon.
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Usage: transitive, vulgar
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verb
To attack.
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Usage: euphemistic, transitive
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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noun
the performance of duties by a waiter or servant
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: accommodation
Narrower terms: curb service, self-service, valet parking
noun
periodic maintenance on a car or machine
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: overhaul, inspection and repair
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Broader terms: care, maintenance, upkeep
Narrower terms: interim overhaul
noun
the act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: serving, service of process
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Broader terms: delivery, bringing
noun
(sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: serve
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: tennis stroke, tennis shot
Narrower terms: ace, fault, let, net ball
noun
work done by one person or group that benefits another
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Broader terms: work
Narrower terms: consulting service, facility, national service, utility
noun
(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
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Broader terms: activity
Narrower terms: socage, military service, knight's service
noun
employment in or work for another
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Broader terms: employment, work
noun
the act of mating by male animals
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: servicing
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Broader terms: coupling, mating, pairing, conjugation, union, sexual union
noun
the act of public worship following prescribed rules
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: religious service, divine service
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Broader terms: religious ceremony, religious ritual
Narrower terms: church service, church, devotional, prayer meeting, prayer service, chapel service, chapel, committal service, none, vesper, watch night
noun
an act of help or assistance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: disservice
Broader terms: aid, assist, assistance, help
Narrower terms: childcare, child care, community service, public service, help desk, helpdesk, seating
noun
tableware consisting of a complete set of articles (silver or dishware) for use at table
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: table service
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Broader terms: tableware
Narrower terms: dinner service, dinner set, place setting, setting
noun
a means of serving
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: avail, help
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Broader terms: helpfulness
noun
a company or agency that performs a public service; subject to government regulation
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Broader terms: company
Narrower terms: utility, public utility, public utility company, public-service corporation
noun
a force that is a branch of the armed forces
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: military service, armed service
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Broader terms: force, personnel
Narrower terms: army, regular army, ground forces, navy, naval forces, coastguard, Marines, air force, airforce
noun
Canadian writer (born in England) who wrote about life in the Yukon Territory (1874-1958)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Robert William Service
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Broader terms: writer, author
verb
make fit for use
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Broader terms: tune, tune up
verb
mate with
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Synonyms: serve
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: copulate, mate, pair, couple
Narrower terms: stand
verb
be used by; as of a utility
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: serve
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Broader terms: function, work, operate, go, run
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ser-der.? Proto-Italic *serwos Latin servus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin -itia Latin servitiumbor. Old French servisebor. Old English serfis Middle English servise English service 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.
Properly, the tree that bears sorb fruit, from Middle English serves, plural of serve (“sorb apple, serviceberry”), from Old English syrfe, from Vulgar Latin *sorbea, from Latin sorbus (“service tree”). See sorb.
Across languages
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