National Park Service
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- proper noun
- /ˈnæʃənl pɑrk ˈsɜrvɪs/
- Formal
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Servicio de Parques Nacionales
- The intent: to help the National Park Service identify and protect the monument's native pollinators.
- National Park Service (NPS)
- National Park Service regulations
- National Park Service reported
It was a lawful protest permitted by the National Park Service that devolved into a riots.
- It was a lawful protest permitted by the National Park Service that devolved into a riots.
- I had Library of Congress material, help from the National Park Service and the Rangers who in charge of the Buffalo Soldier project.
Examples
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Within a decade of its founding, the National Park Service faced an uncertain future.
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We handle extreme rescue situations for the National Park Service.
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No one had numbers because the National Park Service, which controls the National Mall, does not put any out.
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In 1929, he officially became the second director of the National Park Service.
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Negotiations are currently underway between the association and the National Park Service.
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But the National Park Service is the United States' premier federal agency that manages heritage sites.
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And even the National Park Service acknowledges that it has much room for improvement.
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To remind us of the significance of the event, the National Park Service has established the Cabrillo National Monument.
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Three fundamental issues beset the National Park Service in its mission to preserve ecosystems for visitors.
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The National Park Service is responsible for protecting the natural beauty of Yellowstone National Park.
How Official
- Formal
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- Texting
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is fully compositional: 'national' (state-level), 'park' (protected recreational area), and 'service' (an organization providing public functions) combine to yield the meaning 'a national organization that manages parks'. This naming pattern for government bodies is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words can infer the general sense even if they do not know the specific U.S. departmental affiliation.
Etymology
National Park Service gets its name from the job it does: National means for the whole country, Park means the natural places it protects, and Service means people who help and take care. So today the name tells us it is the U.S. government group 'that cares for and looks after' the country's parks.