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seeing service

seeing service is the present participle and gerund of see service.

Meaning of see service

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

Questions about seeing service

What is seeing service the present participle and gerund of?
Seeing service is the present participle and gerund of see service.

Words near seeing service in the dictionary

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

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