military service
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2.9
- noun
- /ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri ˈsɜrvɪs/
:
servicio militar
- The different branches of military service include the army, navy, and air force.
- compulsory military service
- exemption from military service
- exempt from military service
So what about the suggestion that patriotism should be the primary motivation for military service, not money?
- So what about the suggestion that patriotism should be the primary motivation for military service, not money?
- And I think we see the the close linkage of military service and US citizenship coming out of this time.
- You know, well, going into your military service.
- So I get the VFW award for the, for the Americanism award for military service and giving back.
- He talks about military service members as being uncourageous, as being cowards, suckers and losers.
- It's something they do occasionally, but strictly Orthodox Jews are not have not been subject to military service.
Examples
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One cannot overemphasize the importance of military service in the lives of Turkish men.
Academic text (1991) -
Women responded en masse, with many entering the workforce or volunteering for nonactive military service.
Academic text (2015) -
Not fit for military service.
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In my 50 years of military service, I have never learned how to bomb half a bridge.
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Tonight, we have new documents... ...and new information on the president's military service.
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During the war, women were actively recruited for volunteer military service.
Academic text (2015) -
After thirty years of military service, Chief Master Sergeant Jan Duga retired in 2013.
Academic text (2015) -
None of the four Jacksons who had volunteered for military service survived.
Academic text (2008) -
The evangelist enlisted in military service, and the church we attended was never completed.
Fiction book (1990) -
You don't have to go if you're deemed unacceptable for military service.
Synonyms
882
2.3
One part of a country's armed forces, like the army or navy
1
3.0
A part of a country's military like the army or navy
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: a B1 learner who knows 'military' (armed forces) and 'service' (duty/work for an organization) can infer 'military service' as service related to the armed forces (e.g., serving in the army, navy, air force). This construction is cross-linguistically common (e.g., Spanish 'servicio militar'), so the sense is immediately recoverable from the parts.
Etymology
Military service uses service to mean organised work for the country and military to mean the armed forces. That's why it now names the branches like the army, navy, or air force that 'serve' the nation.