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active service

active service noun: full-time occupation in the military.

Noun

active service (uncountable)

  1. (UK) Full-time occupation in the military.
    • She was built by William Denny & Bros. Ltd., and launched in 1939, but went immediately on active service as a trooper [troopship].1947 January and February, “Notes and News: New Southern Channel Steamer”, in Railway Magazine, page 49
    Synonyms:
    active duty

active service meaning in Tamil and Malayalam

active service in Tamil

செயற்படு பணி, செயலார்ந்த பணி, பணியிலிருத்தல்

active service in Malayalam

യുദ്ധ സേവനം

Synonyms of active service

Questions about active service

What does active service mean?
Active service means full-time occupation in the military.
What is active service in Tamil?
Active service in Tamil is செயற்படு பணி, செயலார்ந்த பணி, பணியிலிருத்தல். See Active service meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is active service?
Active service is a noun.

Words near active service in the dictionary

  1. active radar
  2. active radars
  3. active radicalization
  4. active recall
  5. active rock
  6. active service
  7. active shooter
  8. active shooter drill
  9. active shooters
  10. active solar
  11. active sonar

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Adapted from Wiktionary: active service (page history and authors); active service (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); active service (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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