Dictionary entry details
• SERVICE (noun)
Meaning:
Work done by one person or group that benefits another
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
budget separately for goods and services
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 ((United Kingdom) 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.))
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 utility; public utility company; public-service corporation; utility (a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation)
Meaning:
The act of public worship following prescribed rules
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
divine service; religious service; service
Context example:
the Sunday service
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)
Meaning:
An act of help or assistance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
he did them a service
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"):
seating (the service of ushering people to their seats)
help desk; helpdesk (a service that provides information and assistance to the users of a computer network)
community service; public service (a service that is performed for the benefit of the public or its institutions)
community service (an unpaid service for the benefit of the public that is performed by lawbreakers as part (or all) of their sentence)
child care; childcare (a service involving care for other people's children)
Antonym:
disservice (an act intended to help that turns out badly)
Meaning:
Employment in or work for another
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
he retired after 30 years of service
Hypernyms ("service" is a kind of...):
employment; work (the occupation for which you are paid)
Meaning:
A force that is a branch of the armed forces
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
armed service; military service; service
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"):
air force; airforce (the airborne branch of a country's armed forces)
coastguard (a military service responsible for the safety of maritime traffic in coastal waters)
naval forces; navy (an organization of military vessels belonging to a country and available for sea warfare)
army; ground forces; regular army (a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state)
Meaning:
The performance of duties by a waiter or servant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
that restaurant has excellent service
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)
Meaning:
Periodic maintenance on a car or machine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
inspection and repair; overhaul; service
Context example:
it was time for an overhaul on the tractor
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)
Meaning:
Tableware consisting of a complete set of articles (silver or dishware) for use at table
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
table service; service
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"):
dinner service; dinner set (a service for serving dinner)
place setting; setting (a table service for one person)
Meaning:
(sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
serve; service
Context example:
his powerful serves won the game
Hypernyms ("service" is a kind of...):
tennis shot; tennis stroke (the act of hitting a tennis ball with a tennis racket)
Domain category:
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)
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)
Meaning:
The act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
service of process; serving; service
Context example:
he accepted service of the subpoena
Hypernyms ("service" is a kind of...):
bringing; delivery (the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail))
Meaning:
Canadian writer (born in England) who wrote about life in the Yukon Territory (1874-1958)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Robert William Service; Service
Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
Meaning:
A means of serving
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
avail; help; service
Context examples:
of no avail / there's no help for it
Hypernyms ("service" is a kind of...):
helpfulness (the property of providing useful assistance)
Meaning:
The act of mating by male animals
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
servicing; service
Context example:
the bull was worth good money in servicing fees
Hypernyms ("service" is a kind of...):
conjugation; coupling; mating; pairing; sexual union; union (the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes)
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)
• SERVICE (verb)
Meaning:
Be used by; as of a utility
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
service; serve
Context examples:
The sewage plant served the neighboring communities / The garage served to shelter his horses
Hypernyms (to "service" is one way to...):
function; go; operate; run; work (perform as expected when applied)
Sentence frames:
Something is ----ing PP
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
Meaning:
Make fit for use
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context examples:
service my truck / the washing machine needs to be serviced
Hypernyms (to "service" is one way to...):
tune; tune up (adjust for (better) functioning)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Mate with
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
service; serve
Context example:
male animals serve the females for breeding purposes
Hypernyms (to "service" is one way to...):
copulate; couple; mate; pair (make love)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "service"):
stand (be available for stud services)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
