serve time
serve time verb: to be confined in prison or a similar institution, typically for wrongdoing that violates the law.
Verb
serve time (third-person singular simple present serves time, present participle serving time, simple past and past participle served time)
- To be confined in prison or a similar institution, typically for wrongdoing that violates the law.
serve time meaning in Bengali and Kannada
serve time in Bengali
- কারাগার, অনুরূপ প্রতিষ্ঠানে বন্দী থাকা, সাধারণত আইন লঙ্ঘনের কারণে
serve time in Kannada
- ಕಾರಾಗೃಹವಾಸದ ಶಿಕ್ಷೆ ಅನುಭವಿಸು, ತನ್ನ ಅವಧಿಯವರೆಗೆ ಅಧಿಕಾರದಲ್ಲಿರು, ತನ್ನ ಅವಧಿಯವರೆಗೆ ಸೇವೆಯಲ್ಲಿರು
Forms of serve time
| third-person singular present | serves time |
|---|---|
| present participle | serving time |
| past participle | served time |
| past | served time |
Questions about serve time
- What does serve time mean?
- Serve time means to be confined in prison or a similar institution, typically for wrongdoing that violates the law.
- What is serve time in Bengali?
- Serve time in Bengali is কারাগার, অনুরূপ প্রতিষ্ঠানে বন্দী থাকা, সাধারণত আইন লঙ্ঘনের কারণে. See Serve time meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is serve time?
- Serve time is a verb.
- What is the past tense of serve time?
- The past tense of serve time is served time.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: serve time (page history and authors); serve time (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); serve time (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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