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community service

com·mu·ni·ty serv·ice
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kuh-myoo-ni-tee sur-vis]
    • /kəˈmyu nɪ ti ˈsɜr vɪs/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kuh-myoo-ni-tee sur-vis]
    • /kəˈmyu nɪ ti ˈsɜr vɪs/

Definitions of community service words

  • uncountable noun community service Community service is unpaid work that criminals sometimes do as a punishment instead of being sent to prison. 3
  • noun community service voluntary work, intended to be for the common good, usually done as part of an organized scheme 3
  • noun community service unpaid work which benefits the community; specif., such work imposed on a convicted person as a sentence 3
  • noun community service a punitive sentence that requires a convicted person to perform unpaid work for the community in lieu of imprisonment. 1
  • noun community service work done as punishment 1
  • noun community service Service or activity done for the benefit of the community at large, such as cleaning, fundraising, pro bono professional services, etc. 0

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Parts of speech for Community service

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community service popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 2% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for community service

noun community service

  • relief — prominence, distinctness, or vividness due to contrast.
  • welfare — the good fortune, health, happiness, prosperity, etc., of a person, group, or organization; well-being: to look after a child's welfare; the physical or moral welfare of society.
  • welfare work — the efforts or programs of an agency, community, business organization, etc., to improve living conditions, increase job opportunities, secure hospitalization, and the like, for needy persons within its jurisdiction.
  • casework — Casework is social work that involves actually dealing or working with the people who need help.
  • good works — (Christianity) A person's beneficent actions or deeds, especially those of a charitable nature which advance one's progress toward salvation.

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