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seen service

seen service is the past participle 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 seen service

What is seen service the past participle of?
Seen service is the past participle of see service.

Words near seen service in the dictionary

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

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