1 [C] a service such as transport or health care that a government or an official organization provides for people in general in a particular society:
to improve public services in the area * a public service broadcast
2 [C,U] something that is done to help people rather than to make a profit:
to do / perform a public service * The magazine is provided as a public service. * He was rewarded for his years of outstanding public service.
3 [U] the government and government departments:
to work in public service * public service workers
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
Where does this definition of public service come from?
This entry for public service is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is public service a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, public service is tagged as noun.
Does public service appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — public service appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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