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see service

see service verb: to be put to use; to be employed for a purpose.

Verb

see service (third-person singular simple present sees service, present participle seeing service, simple past saw service, past participle seen service)

  1. To be put to use; to be employed for a purpose.
    • The military and the fire service are probably the two roughest environments in which such a device will see service.2005, John Norman, Fire Officer's Handbook of Tactics, page 243

Forms of see service

third-person singular presentsees service
present participleseeing service
pastsaw service
past participleseen service

Questions about see service

What does see service mean?
See service means to be put to use; to be employed for a purpose.
What part of speech is see service?
See service is a verb.
What is the past tense of see service?
The past tense of see service is saw service.

Words near see service in the dictionary

  1. see past the end of one's nose
  2. see past the tip of one's nose
  3. see reason
  4. see red
  5. see sense
  6. see service
  7. see shit
  8. see someone right
  9. see someone's etchings
  10. see something green in one's eye
  11. see something, say something

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