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# service

«service» in Mova's school dictionary: **work that someone does for other people, like a shop…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a service, services); verb (service, services, serviced)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A service is work that someone does for other people, like a shop serving customers or a doctor helping patients. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/service/#m1)

2) A service is a system that provides something people need, like a bus service or the postal service. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/service/#m2)

3) A service is a check and repair of a car or machine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/service/#m3)

4) A religious service is a meeting for worship. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/service/#m4)

5) In tennis, a service (serve) is how a point starts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/service/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life emergency services (police, fire, ambulance) come when you call 999, 911, 000 or 111; in restaurants good service is polite and quick. Phrases: «emergency services», «customer service», «community service», «out of service», «at your service».

### examples

- The emergency services arrived very quickly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/service/#x1)
- The bus service runs every ten minutes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/service/#x2)
- The service at the café was very friendly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/service/#x3)
- Dad's car is going in for a service. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/service/#x4)
- We went to a church service on Sunday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/service/#x5)
- This lift is out of service. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/service/#x6)
- Volunteering is a kind of service to the community. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/service/#x7)
- You've done me right trusty service. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/service/#x8)

### note

Countable. Verb «serve» (to give food, to work for) is related. Emergency numbers differ: 999 UK/Ireland (also 112), 911 USA/Canada, 000 Australia, 111 New Zealand.

### In the corpora

- [Families visit graves, send cards, mark the anniversary, hold memorial services and even put up benches with little plaques.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/25-funerals-and-remembering/5/)
- [Most people accept tax as the price of public services; they argue about how much and what it is spent on.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/16/)
- [Each streaming service costs money every month and has different shows; families choose which ones are worth paying for.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/55-favourite-films-and-series-spoilers-binge-watching-streaming-and-adverts/17/)
- [Streaming services have huge libraries, and too much choice can make people scroll for ages without choosing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/26-age-ratings-scary-films-and-choosing-what-to-watch/9/)
- ["Celebration of life" means a funeral or memorial service with a cheerful mood.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/3-death-and-feeling-poorly/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «service» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/service/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.