"military service" meaning in English

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Noun

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  1. Service in an army or other military organisation, whether as a chosen job (volunteering) or as a result of an involuntary draft (conscription). Wikipedia link: military service Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Military Synonyms: service[Appendix:Glossary#ellipsis|elliptically]] synonymous> Related terms: the service, the world, take the shilling Translations (service in an army): militêre diens [singular] (Afrikaans), خِدْمَة عَسْكَرِيَّة (ḵidma ʕaskariyya) [feminine] (Arabic), əsgərlik [informal] (Azerbaijani), hərbi qulluq [formal] (Azerbaijani), hərbi xidmət (Azerbaijani), soldadutza [singular] (Basque), gudaritza [singular] (Basque), soldadugoa [singular] (Basque), soldaduska [singular] (Basque), вайско́вая слу́жба (vajskóvaja slúžba) [feminine] (Belarusian), вае́нная слу́жба (vajénnaja slúžba) [feminine] (Belarusian), вое́нна слу́жба (voénna slúžba) [feminine] (Bulgarian), servei militar [masculine] (Catalan), mili [colloquial, feminine] (Catalan), ᎠᏂᏲᏍᎩᎢ (aniyosgii) (Cherokee), 兵役 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 兵役 (bing¹ jik⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 兵役 (bīngyì) (Chinese Mandarin), vojenská služba [feminine] (Czech), vojna [feminine] (Czech), militærtjeneste [common-gender] (Danish), militaire dienst [neuter] (Dutch), legerdienst [neuter] (Dutch), militservo (Esperanto), sõjaväeteenistus (Estonian), asepalvelus (Finnish), varusmiespalvelus (Finnish), service militaire [masculine] (French), servizo militar [feminine] (Galician), mili [colloquial, feminine] (Galician), Militärdienst [masculine] (German), Wehrdienst [masculine] (German), Kriegsdienst [masculine] (German), θητεία (thiteía) [feminine] (Greek), στρατιωτική υπηρεσία (stratiotikí ypiresía) [feminine] (Greek), στρατιωτική θητεία (stratiotikí thiteía) [feminine] (Greek), katonai szolgálat (Hungarian), seirbhís mhíleata [feminine] (Irish), seirbhís airm [feminine] [army, military, war, government, politics] (Irish), servizio militare [masculine] (Italian), 兵役 (heieki) (alt: へいえき) (Japanese), 軍役 (gun'eki) (alt: ぐんえき) (Japanese), 軍役 (gun'yaku) (alt: ぐんやく) (Japanese), әскери қызмет (äskeri qyzmet) (Kazakh), 병역 (byeong'yeok) (alt: 兵役) (Korean), mīlitia [feminine] (Latin), karadienests [masculine] (Latvian), karo tarnyba [feminine] (Lithuanian), kariuomenė [feminine] (Lithuanian), воена служба (voena služba) [feminine] (Macedonian), цэргийн албан (cergiin alban) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), militærtjeneste [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), خدمت نظامی (xedmat-e nezâmi) (Persian), خدمت سربازی (xedmat-e sarbâzi) (Persian), służba wojskowa [feminine] (Polish), żołnierka [feminine] (Polish), serviço militar [masculine] (Portuguese), serviciu militar [neuter] (Romanian), вое́нная слу́жба (vojénnaja slúžba) [feminine] (Russian), во́инская слу́жба (vóinskaja slúžba) [feminine] (Russian), војна служба [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), vojna služba [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), vojenská služba [feminine] (Slovak), vojaška služba [feminine] (Slovene), servicio militar [masculine] (Spanish), mili [colloquial, feminine] (Spanish), colimba [feminine] (Spanish), chiri [feminine] (Spanish), militärtjänstgöring [common-gender] (Swedish), militärtjänst [common-gender] (Swedish), lumpen [common-gender, informal] (Swedish), hukbuhing lingkod (Tagalog), хизмати низомӣ (xizmat-i nizomi) (Tajik), хизмати сарбозӣ (xizmat-i sarbozi) (Tajik), askerlik hizmeti (Turkish), військо́ва слу́жба (vijsʹkóva slúžba) [feminine] (Ukrainian), dünäd (Volapük)
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "karo tarnyba"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "service in an army",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kariuomenė"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "voena služba",
      "sense": "service in an army",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "воена служба"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "cergiin alban",
      "sense": "service in an army",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "цэргийн албан"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "service in an army",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "militærtjeneste"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "xedmat-e nezâmi",
      "sense": "service in an army",
      "word": "خدمت نظامی"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "xedmat-e sarbâzi",
      "sense": "service in an army",
      "word": "خدمت سربازی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "service in an army",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "służba wojskowa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "service in an army",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "żołnierka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "service in an army",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "serviço militar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "service in an army",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "serviciu militar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vojénnaja slúžba",
      "sense": "service in an army",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "вое́нная слу́жба"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vóinskaja slúžba",
      "sense": "service in an army",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "во́инская слу́жба"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "service in an army",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "војна служба"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "service in an army",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vojna služba"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "service in an army",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vojenská služba"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "service in an army",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vojaška služba"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "service in an army",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "servicio militar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "service in an army",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mili"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "service in an army",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "colimba"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "service in an army",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chiri"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "service in an army",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "militärtjänstgöring"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "service in an army",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "militärtjänst"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "service in an army",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "lumpen"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "service in an army",
      "word": "hukbuhing lingkod"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "xizmat-i nizomi",
      "sense": "service in an army",
      "word": "хизмати низомӣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "xizmat-i sarbozi",
      "sense": "service in an army",
      "word": "хизмати сарбозӣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "service in an army",
      "word": "askerlik hizmeti"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vijsʹkóva slúžba",
      "sense": "service in an army",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "військо́ва слу́жба"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "service in an army",
      "word": "dünäd"
    }
  ],
  "word": "military service"
}

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