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Any of several professions concerned with providing social services to members of the community.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
any of various services designed to aid the poor and aged and to increase the welfare of children
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: welfare work, social service
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
خِدْمَة اجْتِمَاعِيَّة
(ḵidma jtimāʕiyya)
— any of several professions concerned with providing social services
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Chinese Mandarin:
社會福利工作 /社会福利工作
(shèhuì fúlì gōngzuò)
— any of several professions concerned with providing social services
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Chinese Mandarin:
社會工作 /社会工作
(shèhuì gōngzuò)
— any of several professions concerned with providing social services
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Chinese Mandarin:
社工
(shègōng)
— any of several professions concerned with providing social services
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Dutch:
maatschappelijk werk
— any of several professions concerned with providing social services
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Finnish:
sosiaalityö
— any of several professions concerned with providing social services
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French:
travail social
— any of several professions concerned with providing social services
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German:
soziale Arbeit
— any of several professions concerned with providing social services
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Gujarati:
સમાજસેવા
(samājsevā)
— any of several professions concerned with providing social services
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Hindi:
समाजसेवा
(samājsevā)
— any of several professions concerned with providing social services
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Hindi:
सामजकार्य
(sāmajkārya)
— any of several professions concerned with providing social services
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Indonesian:
pekerjaan sosial
— any of several professions concerned with providing social services
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Japanese:
ソーシャルワーク
(sōsharuwāku)
— any of several professions concerned with providing social services
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Malay:
kerja sosial
— any of several professions concerned with providing social services
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Punjabi:
ਸਮਾਜਸੇਵਾ
(samājsevā)
— any of several professions concerned with providing social services
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Romanian:
asistență socială
— any of several professions concerned with providing social services
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Russian:
социа́льная рабо́та
(sociálʹnaja rabóta)
— any of several professions concerned with providing social services
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Spanish:
asistencia social
— any of several professions concerned with providing social services
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Urdu:
خدمت خلق
(xidmat-xalq)
— any of several professions concerned with providing social services
