services
noun
Form of service , plural of service.
Simple meaning
That which is produced, then traded, bought or sold, then finally consumed and consists of an action or work.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈsɝvəsəz
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
businesseconomics
That which is produced, then traded, bought or sold, then finally consumed and consists of an action or work.
uk
A service station.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- A1 · Beginner
- Frequency
- Very Common
- Typical Use
- Everyday English
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: That which is produced, then traded, bought or sold, then finally consumed and consists of an action or work.
Used this way, services is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It turns up most in business or professional and finance or economics contexts.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Where it naturally appears
- Business/professional
- Finance/economics
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use services
- “The mayor tried to maintain city services.”noun
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Common Patterns and Combinations
How this word naturally appears with others.
Word Family
Related forms, grouped by how they connect.
Inflected forms
Grammatical variations of the same word.
Work done by one person or group that benefits another.
Word family
Words built from the same root.
Ready for service or able to give long service.
Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
An agency of the Canadian government that unifies the intelligence units of Canadian law enforcement agencies.
The United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare.
The Pakistan intelligence agency.
The Israeli domestic counterintelligence and internal security agency.
A central management agency that sets Federal policy for Federal procurement and real property management and information resources management.
The United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare.
Related words
Connected by subject or meaning, not by word formation.
A club of professional or business people organized for their coordination and active in public services.
A contract for maintenance services.
The division of a business that provides customer services.
An industry that provides services rather than tangible objects.
Place on a highway providing garage services and eating and toilet facilities.
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