service — meaning in English

English meaning

• duty noun Something a person is morally or legally obligated to do.
• serve verb To provide help, food, or a service to someone.
• service noun Work done to help or benefit someone, or the act of providing this.

Senses

service is used for these senses in English:

• duty (countable, uncountable) That which one is morally or legally obligated to do.
• duty (engineering) The efficiency of an engine in work done per unit of fuel; particularly, the number of pounds of water which a steam pumping engine can raise one foot by burning one bushel or hundredweight of coal.
• serve (sports) An act of putting the ball or shuttlecock in play in various games.

duty — full definition

1. noun Something a person is morally or legally obligated to do.
2. noun A tax charged on goods, especially imports.
3. noun The period during which someone is actively working or on call.

serve — full definition

1. verb To provide help, food, or a service to someone.
2. verb To be useful or suitable for a particular purpose.
3. verb To officially deliver a legal document to someone.
4. verb To hit the ball first to start play in tennis, volleyball, and similar sports.
5. noun The act of putting the ball in play at the start of a point in tennis or similar sports.

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