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civil service

civil service noun: in parliamentary forms of government, the branches of government that are not military, legislative, or judicial, but work to apply its laws and regulations.

Noun

civil service (plural civil services)

  1. In parliamentary forms of government, the branches of government that are not military, legislative, or judicial, but work to apply its laws and regulations.
  2. The body of civilian employees of any level of government, not subject to political appointment and removal, normally hired and promoted largely on the basis of competitive examination.
    • I want to thank the brilliant No 10 staff and our country's extraordinary civil service, who dedicate their lives to public service.2026 June 22, Keir Starmer, resignation speech

civil service meaning in Tamil, Kannada, Tagalog and Malay

civil service in Tamil

குடிமுறை அரசுப் பணி

civil service in Kannada

ಸರ್ಕಾರಿ ಸೇವೆ, ಸರ್ಕಾರಿ ನೌಕರರ ವರ್ಗ, ಸರ್ಕಾರಿ ಆಡಳಿತವರ್ಗ, ಪ್ರಶಾಸನ ಸೇವಾ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆ

civil service in Tagalog

branches of government that are not military, legislative or judicial
serbisyo sibil, lingkurang-bayan
body of civilian employees
serbisyo sibil

civil service in Malay

body of civilian employees
perkhidmatan awam
More languagesFewer languages
civil service in Indonesian
aparatur sipil negara

Forms of civil service

pluralcivil services

Questions about civil service

What does civil service mean?
Civil service means in parliamentary forms of government, the branches of government that are not military, legislative, or judicial, but work to apply its laws and regulations.
What is civil service in Tamil?
Civil service in Tamil is குடிமுறை அரசுப் பணி. See Civil service meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is civil service?
Civil service is a noun.
What is the plural of civil service?
The plural of civil service is civil services.

Words near civil service in the dictionary

  1. civil rights
  2. civil rights movement
  3. civil rights movements
  4. civil servant
  5. civil servants
  6. civil service
  7. civil services
  8. civil societies
  9. civil society
  10. civil status
  11. civil statuses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: civil service (page history and authors); civil service (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); civil service (Kannada 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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