service
verb/ˈsɜːvɪs/
/ˈsɜːrvɪs/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they service | /ˈsɜːvɪs/ /ˈsɜːrvɪs/ |
| he / she / it services | /ˈsɜːvɪsɪz/ /ˈsɜːrvɪsɪz/ |
| past simple serviced | /ˈsɜːvɪst/ /ˈsɜːrvɪst/ |
| past participle serviced | /ˈsɜːvɪst/ /ˈsɜːrvɪst/ |
| -ing form servicing | /ˈsɜːvɪsɪŋ/ /ˈsɜːrvɪsɪŋ/ |
- [usually passive] to examine a vehicle or machine and repair it if necessary so that it continues to work correctly
- have something serviced We need to have the car serviced.
- be serviced Make sure your boiler is serviced regularly.
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by car or lorryc1, Engineeringc1- The car was fully serviced last month.
- The mechanic who services our car has set up his own business.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- fully
- properly
- regularly
- …
- continue to
- get something serviced
- have something serviced
- [often passive] to provide people with something they need, such as shops, or a transport system synonym serve
- be serviced by something/somebody Botley is well serviced by a regular bus route into Oxford.
- service something/somebody This department services the international sales force (= provides services for it).
- service something (finance) to pay interest on money that has been borrowed
- The company can no longer service its debts.
vehicle/machine
provide something
pay interest
Word OriginOld English (denoting religious devotion or a form of public worship), from Old French servise or Latin servitium ‘slavery’, from servus ‘slave’. The early sense of the verb (mid 19th cent.) was ‘be of service to, provide with a service’.
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