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preventive service

preventive service noun: work done by the coastguard to prevent smuggling.

Noun

preventive service (countable and uncountable, plural preventive services)

  1. Work done by the coastguard to prevent smuggling.

Forms of preventive service

pluralpreventive services

Questions about preventive service

What does preventive service mean?
Preventive service means work done by the coastguard to prevent smuggling.
What part of speech is preventive service?
Preventive service is a noun.
What is the plural of preventive service?
The plural of preventive service is preventive services.

Words near preventive service in the dictionary

  1. preventions
  2. preventitious
  3. preventive
  4. preventive healthcare
  5. preventive medicine
  6. preventive service
  7. preventive services
  8. preventive war
  9. preventive wars
  10. preventively
  11. preventiveness

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