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service
Noun
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An action or work by one person that can be consumed by another person.
Hair care is a service industry.
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A function that is provided by one program or machine for another.
This machine provides the name service for the LAN.
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The military.
I did three years of service before coming here.
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A set of dishes or utensils.
She brought out the silver tea service.
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The act of initially starting, or serving, the ball in play in tennis, volleyball, and other games.
The player had four service faults in the set.
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A religious rite or ritual.
The funeral service was good.
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The serving, or delivery, of a document requiring someone to appear in a court of law.
The service happened yesterday.
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That which is provided by the government or its agents.
The Job Centre provides a service to the unemployed.
service
Verb
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If you service something, you serve them.
They service the customer base.
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If you service something, you perform maintenance on them.
He is going to service the car.
object
Noun
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An object is a thing that you can touch, but it is not alive.
We don't know what killed him, but it was a smooth, heavy object.
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The object of an action or plan is the goal or the reason for it.
The object of soccer is to kick the ball into the other team's net.
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In English grammar, the object of a sentence is a noun or noun phrase that usually comes after the verb. This noun is usually the thing that is receiving the action.
In the sentence, "Yoko ate the bread.", bread is the object.
object
Verb
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If you object to something, you don't agree with it.
Most people will object to being asked to work too much.