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Selective Service

Definitions: Selective Service

Selective Service

Noun

1. A federal agency that administers compulsory military service.

2. Compulsory military service.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Selective Service

Synonyms: conscription (n), draft (n), muster (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Selective Service

English words defined with "Selective Service": Selective Service System. (references)
Specialty definitions using "Selective Service": Central Processing Systemline load controlSelective Dissemination of Information, SUPERVISOR, SPECIAL SERVICESveterans' coordinator. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Selective Service

DomainTitle

Books

  • Canada's Greatest Wartime Muddle: National Selective Service and the Mobilization of Human Resources During World War II (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Selective Service

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Japanese enlistment. Another truckload of American citizens of Japanese ancestry arrive at Selective Service Board No. 9, Waipahu, Territory of Hawaii, to apply for voluntary induction into the recently organized combat regiment made up exclusively of 1,5.Credit: Library of Congress.

Japanese enlistment. A group of 110 men from the village of Aiea, Territory of Hawaii crowd into Selective Service Board No. 9 in Waipahu. They are waiting to sign applications for voluntary induction into the U.S. Army's recently formed combat regiment c.Credit: Library of Congress.

Brownsville, Texas. Registration for Selective Service.Credit: Library of Congress.

Glencoe, Minnesota. Farmer registering for Selective Service.Credit: Library of Congress.

Plato, Minnesota. Farmer registering for Selective Service.Credit: Library of Congress.

Plato, Minnesota. Selective Service registration for men twenty to forty-four not previously registered.Credit: Library of Congress.

Stewart, Minnesota. Selective Service registration for men twenty to forty-four not previously registered.Credit: Library of Congress.

Hutchinson, Minnesota. Selective Service registration.Credit: Library of Congress.

Idaho Falls, Idaho. Japanese resident registering in Selective Service registration for men forty-five to sixty-five.Credit: Library of Congress.

  

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Selective Service

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Lyndon B. Johnson

1963-1969We should modernize our Selective Service System.

Jimmy Carter

1977-1981For this reason, I have determined that the Selective Service System must now be revitalized.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Expression: Selective Service

Expression using "Selective Service": selective Service System. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Selective Service

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
  ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  selective service

1,209

  registering selective service

5

  selective service registration

150

  card selective service

4

  selective service system

79

  form selective service

4

  number selective service

71

  administration selective service

4

  register selective service

28

  act military selective service

4

  selective service registration number

21

  board selective service

3

  selective service act

20

  proof registration selective service

3

  record selective service

16

  selective service site web

3

  selective service verification

15

  selective service u.s

3

  selective service draft

13

  selective service.gov

3

  selective service.com

10

  form registration selective service

3

  selective service us

8

  registration selective service system

3

  selective service sign up

6

  card registration selective service

2

  numbers selective service

6

  information selective service

2

  selective service state united

6

  selective service online registration

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Selective Service

Language Translations for "Selective Service"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

задължителна военна повинност. (various references)

   

German

  

grundwehrdienst (basic military service, national service). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

kötelező katonai szolgálat (conscription), újoncozási szolgálat. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

electivesay ervicesay

   

Russian 

  

воинская повинность (compulsory military service, compulsory service, conscription). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

zorunlu askerlik sistemi, kura ile askerlik. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Selective Service

Scrabble® YAWL-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-c-e-e-e-e-e-i-i-l-r-s-s-t-v-v"

-4 letters: teleservices.

-5 letters: retelevises.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Selective Service


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 65 6C 65 63 74 69 76 65      53 65 72 76 69 63 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01100101 01101100 01100101 01100011 01110100 01101001 01110110 01100101 00100000 01010011 01100101 01110010 01110110 01101001 01100011 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#101 &#108 &#101 &#99 &#116 &#105 &#118 &#101 &#32 &#83 &#101 &#114 &#118 &#105 &#99 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0065 006C 0065 0063 0074 0069 0076 0065      0053 0065 0072 0076 0069 0063 0065

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

537178716986758871253718488756971

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Quotations: Speeches
7. Expressions
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Translations: Modern
10. Anagrams
11. Orthography
12. Bibliography


  

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