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In Service

Definition: In Service

In Service

Adjective

1. (of a ship) in active service; "warships will remain in service when not refitting".

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Crosswords: In Service

Specialty definitions using "in service": abusive registration of a domain name, accelerated ageing, accelerated aging, Accessorial Charges, Accessorial Services, ACR, Active Directory, activities carried out by a worker, actual zone of indecision, added value, adjustment clerk, Administration Management Domain, Administrative convergence, Advance Census Report, aeronautical station, AES, After Meat, Mustard, After-third-year bird, Age hoc, Agricultural Conservation Program, Agricultural Quarantine Inspection, Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, Agricultural Trade Office, AGRICULTURAL-CHEMICALS INSPECTOR, air cargo transport, air transport liaison section, AIR-CONDITIONING INSTALLER-SERVICER, WINDOW UNIT, airspace control, AIR-TRAFFIC-CONTROL SPECIALIST, STATION, alarm and status handler, ALARM INVESTIGATOR, alarm-signal operator, ALCOHOL-AND-DRUG-ABUSE-ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR, Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions, allowable stress, AMD, America On-Line, Inc., Ampoulle, ANALYST, FOOD AND BEVERAGE, Animal Damage Control Program, annual percentage rate, ANSI Z39.50, Antibiotics, APPEALS REVIEWER, VETERAN, APPLIANCE-SERVICE SUPERVISOR, application clerk, Application Service Element, APPLICATIONS ENGINEER, MANUFACTURING, appointment clerk, ARCHITECT, MARINE, area control centre, AREA LOAD, area supervisor, area-development consultant, armed guard, artificial island, ARTIFICIAL-BREEDING DISTRIBUTOR, ASOS, ASSIGNMENT CLERK, association control service, AST Research, Inc., ATHLETIC TRAINER, ATM statistical transfer mode, attendant, coin-operated laundry, attendant, laundry-and-dry-cleaning service, attendant, self-service store, AUDIOVISUAL TECHNICIAN, audiovisual-equipment operator, automobile parker, automobile-mechanic supervisor, AUTOMOBILE-SELF-SERVE-SERVICE-STATION ATTENDANT, AUTOMOBILE-SERVICE-STATION ATTENDANT, automotive-maintenance-equipment repairer, AUTOMOTIVE-MAINTENANCE-EQUIPMENT SERVICERBachelor's Porch, BAKERY-MACHINE-MECHANIC SUPERVISOR, Banns of Marriage, Basic Rate Interface, BATTALION CHIEF, battle damage repair, BBC Microcomputer, Bed Conversion, Benchmarking, Benefit incidence, BENEFITS CLERK II, Biologics, BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT TECHNICIAN, Black Leg, Blended credit, BLIND AIDE, BOAT DISPATCHER, Borel-Tanner distribution, Bovine tuberculosis, branch manager, Breeding Bird Survey, BUDGET ANALYST, BUILDING CONSULTANT, building-service supervisor, burglar-alarm superintendent, Business Process Re-engineering. (references)
Etymologies containing "in service": Volow. (references)

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Modern Usage: In Service

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

In Service to the Dream (2001)

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

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Commercial Usage: In Service

DomainTitle

Books

  • Brassey's Artillery of the World: Guns, Howitzers, Mortars, Guided Weapons, Rockets, and Ancillary Equipment in Service With the Regular and Reserve (reference)

  • Beyond normalisation : philosophy, theory & practice in service for the intellectually handicapped in Australia (reference)

  • The Use of Science and Technology in Service to Children in Courts (Worcester Polytechnic Institute Studies in Science, Technology, and Culture, Vol 6 (reference)

  • Take Your Hands Off My Attitude!: Your Right to a Bad Attitude--The Only Remaining Hope for Sanity in Service Industries (reference)

  • Black-On-Black Violence: The Psychodynamics of Black Self-Annihilation in Service of White Domination (reference)

    (more book examples)

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

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Photo Album: In Service

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

Coast and Geodetic Survey Steamer BLAKE In service 1874-1905 Atlantic service Classic Gulf Stream studies, many instrument innovations Pioneered deepsea anchoring.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Anglers fishing from the fishing barge ANNE B. This barge is no longer in service.Credit: Fisheries.

U.S. Public Health Service Hospital, Bethel, AK. : Doctor Keefer conducts daily medical clinic via short wave radio to villages in service unit.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Under attack by German JU 87 dive bombers, at the Greek naval base at Salamis, 23 April 1941. In the lower left, in the floating drydock, is the destroyer Vasilefs Georgios. Kilkis, the former USS Mississippi (Battleship # 23), was sunk in this attack. The floating dock and destroyer were also sunk (reportedly on 20 April ?), but Vasilefs Georgios was subsequently raised and placed in service by the German Navy as Hermes (ZG-3).Credit: NAVY.

Five brothers who served on board the ship in 1941. The original caption released with this photograph reads: "Five Brothers in service aboard USS WICHITA". "Five Horton brothers, of Yemassee, South Carolina, who enlisted in the United States Navy at the recruiting station, Charleston, So. Car., and are now serving aboard the cruiser, USS WICHITA. They are (l to r standing) Edmund, Hal and John; (l to r kneeling) William and Thomas. Their father, Thomas Daniel Horton, operates a general merchandise store at Yemassee, So. Car.".Credit: NAVY.

Photographed at the time of her acquisition by the Navy in May 1917. Later renamed SP-711, she was placed in service on 18 June 1917 and returned to her owner on 28 March 1919. Behind Kiowa is a Herreshoff 62'4" motor boat of the Apache (SP-729) type and several other Section Patrol ("SP") boats. USS Tonopah (Monitor # 8) is on the other side of the pier, with her superstructure visible.Credit: NAVY.

Portrait photograph, in Service Dress Khaki uniform, circa 1956.Credit: NAVY.

Wiping off windshield in service station, Cairo, Illinois.Credit: Library of Congress.

Signs in service station. Larimore, North Dakota.Credit: Library of Congress.

Y.W.C.A. In service for the girls of the world / McMein.Credit: Library of Congress.

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

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Non-Fiction Usage: In Service

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

The current system, ATCAS (Air Traffic Control Automated System), was put in service 1973-1976 and is becoming obsolete. (references)

Service and technical support are considered key determinants by electric power procurement managers; this is especially true in service industries. (references)

The proposed pipeline could be in service in January 2003, with a gas transportation capacity of approximately 400 million cubic feet per day at rates competitive with existing alternatives. (references)

Children

Brazil

The city of Niteroi put in service 10 vans specifically for the use of persons with disabilities, but the supply of this service lagged behind the rising demand. (references)

Economic History

Hong Kong

Over the longer term, increased competition should generate greater efficiencies in service. (references)

Bahamas

Telecommunication service is generally adequate but delays in service installation and maintenance are common. (references)

Human Rights

Bahamas

Prison officials plan to renovate the current maximum-security unit once the new building is in service. (references)

Colombia

One decree provides for the separation from service of all uniformed members of the military regardless of their time in service, at the discretion of the top military commanders. (references)

Political Economy

UNITED KINGDOM

The main engine of growth in the UK economy is the services sector, which accounts for about 75 percent of GDP. Business, finance, transport, storage and communication services were the principal drivers in service growth, as the sector continued to strengthen into 2001. (references)

Travel

Kenya

Interruptions in service do occur and simple local calls often are hard to complete. (references)

Saudi Arabia

Internet service is now available through some two dozen service providers, although delays and breaks in service are common because of limited bandwidth. (references)

Women

Brunei

A hot line is in service for abused spouses and the public to report domestic violence. (references)

Worker Rights

Spain

Traffickers lure some victims from other regions with false promises of employment in service industries and agriculture and then force them into prostitution upon arrival in Spain. (references)

Australia

There also has been anecdotal evidence of trafficking in women to work in sweatshops in textile, clothing, and footwear industries as well as in service industries, sometimes as bonded labor. (references)

Japan

The Public Management Ministry began accepting applications for condolence money in April; the legislation provides for payments of $33,333 (4 million yen) to seriously injured foreign national soldiers and $21,667 (2.6 million yen) to the survivors of those foreign nationals killed in service. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: In Service

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

James Monroe

1817-1825Of the actual force in service under the present military establishment, the posts at which it is stationed, and the condition of each post, a report from the Sec of War which is now communicated will give a distinct idea.

Bill Clinton

1993-2001There is so much to be done, enough for millions of others who are young in spirit to give of themselves in service, too.

George W. Bush

2001-2005Yet his purpose is achieved in our duty, and our duty is fulfilled in service to one another.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Expressions: In Service

Expressions using "in service": be in service put in service Volunteers in Service To America. Additional references.

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

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Modern Translations: In Service

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

Arabic 

  

‏خدم (act, attend, be in service, dish out, further, ladle, serve out, tend, wait, wait on). (various references)

   

Danish

  

ibrugtagning af en beholder (placing in service of a vessel), allerede fungerende central (central exchange already in service, central office already in service). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

in werking brengen van een vat (placing in service of a vessel), reeds in werking zijnde centrale (central exchange already in service, central office already in service). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

käytössä oleva puhelinkeskus (central exchange already in service, central office already in service). (various references)

   

French

  

mise en service d'un récipient (placing in service of a vessel), mettre en service (put in service, set in operation, to go into operation, to go into service), feu gardé (a light is operated and kept in service by a keeper able to intervene at once in case of need), centre téléphonique déj opérationnel (central exchange already in service, central office already in service), central téléphonique déj opérationnel (central exchange already in service, central office already in service), central déj opérationnel (central exchange already in service, central office already in service), être domestique (be in service). (various references)

   

German

  

Inbetriebnahme eines Behälters (placing in service of a vessel), in stellung sein (be in service), im dienst sein (be in service, be of help), dienen (accommodate, avail, be in service, be of help, be of service, be of use, conduce, do one's service, serve, to conduce, to serve), bewachtes Feuer (a light is operated and kept in service by a keeper able to intervene at once in case of need), bereits betriebsfähige Zentrale (central exchange already in service, central office already in service). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

φανός του οποίου η λειτουργία εξαρτάται ή καθορίζεται από κάποιο φύλακα (a light is operated and kept in service by a keeper able to intervene at once in case of need), ήδη εν λειτουργία κέντρο (central exchange already in service, central office already in service). (various references)

   

Italian

  

messa in servizio del recipiente (placing in service of a vessel), fanale sorvegliato (a light is operated and kept in service by a keeper able to intervene at once in case of need), centrale gi operativa (central exchange already in service, central office already in service). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

inay ervicesay

   

Portuguese

  

central já em serviço (central exchange already in service, central office already in service). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

Luz vigilada (a light is operated and kept in service by a keeper able to intervene at once in case of need), central en servicio (central exchange already in service, central office already in service). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

işlek (busy, frequented, much used, running, traveled, travelled), hizmet içi, faaliyette. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

gweini (attend, be in service, minister, serve), cyflogi (engage in service, hire). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: In Service

LanguageDateSourceJeremiah Chapter 34, Verse 9
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKai umeiV mh akouete twn yeudoprofhtwn umwn kai twn manteuomenwn umin kai twn enupniazomenwn umin kai twn oiwnismatwn umwn kai twn farmakwn umwn twn legontwn ou mh ergashsqe tw basilei babulwnoV
Latin405VulgateUt dimitteret unusquisque servum suum et unusquisque ancillam suam hebraeum et hebraeam liberos et nequaquam dominarentur eis id est in Iudaeo et fratre suo
Middle English1395WyclifPrechende that eche shulde leuen his thral, and eche his thral womman, Ebru man and Ebru womman free, and not lordshipen to them, that is, in Jew, and in his brother.
Jacobean English1611King JamesThat every man should let his manservant, and every man his maidservant, being an Hebrew or an Hebrewess, go free; that none should serve himself of them, to wit, of a Jew his brother.
Victorian English1833WebsterThat every man should liberate his man-servant, and every man his maid-servant, being a Hebrew or a Hebrewess; that none should retain them in service, to wit, a Jew his brother.
Basic English1964OgdenThat every man was to let his Hebrew man-servant and his Hebrew servant-girl go free; so that no one might make use of a Jew, his countryman, as a servant:

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

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Matched Bible Translations: In Service

LanguageJeremiah Chapter 34, Verse 9
Bulgarianтъй щото всеки да пусне на свобода слугата си и всеки слугинята си, евреин или еврейка, та да не държи никой брата си юдеин за слуга.
CebuanoNga hatagan ug kagawasan sa tagsatagsa ka tawo ang iyang sulogoon nga lalake, ug sa tagsatagsa ka tawo ang iyang suloggon babaye, nga usa ka Hebrehanon nga lalake kun usa ka Hebreohanon nga babaye; aron walay mgaulipon kanila, ang pag-ulipon sa usa ka Judio nga iyang igsoon.
Chinese見 上 節
Croatianda svaki pusti na slobodu svoga roba Hebreja i svoju robinju Hebrejku te da više ni u koga ne bude Hebrej, brat njegov, kao rob.
Danishsåledes at enhver skulde lade sin Træl og Trælkvinde gå bort i Frihed, såfremt de var Hebræere, og ikke mere lade en judæisk Broder trælle.
DutchDat een iegelijk zijn knecht, en een iegelijk zijn maagd, zijnde een Hebreer of een Hebreinne, zou laten vrijgaan; zodat niemand zich van hen, van een Jood, zijn broeder, zou doen dienen.
Finnishettä jokaisen tuli päästää vapaaksi orjansa ja orjattarensa, hebrealainen mies ja hebrealainen nainen, niin etteivät heitä orjinansa pitäisi, ei kukaan juutalaista veljeänsä.
Frenchafin que chacun renvoyât libres son esclave et sa servante, l`Hébreu et la femme de l`Hébreu, et que personne ne tînt plus dans la servitude le Juif, son frère.
Germandaß ein jeglicher seinen Knecht und seine Magd, so Hebräer und Hebräerin wären, sollte freigeben, daß kein Jude den andern leibeigen hielte.
Haitian Creoletout moun menm ras ak yo, fanm kou gason, ki te esklav lakay yo libète yo. Konsa, pesonn nan moun Jida yo pa t'ap gen yon frè parèy yo k'ap sèvi yo esklav.
HungarianHogy kiki bocsássa szabadon szolgáját és kiki az õ szolgálóleányát a héber férfit és a héber leányt, hogy senki ne szolgáltasson közöttük az õ Júdabeli atyjafiával.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-haribudak-budak Ibrani mereka, baik laki-laki maupun perempuan supaya tak ada seorang pun dari bangsa Israel yang memperbudak orang sebangsanya.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lamasupaya mereka itu memberi izin masing-masing akan hambanya laki-laki dan masing-masing akan sahayanya perempuan, jikalau orang Ibrani adanya, pergi dengan merdekanya, asal jangan ada barang seorang yang memperhambakan seorang Yahudi, yaitu seorang saudaranya.
Italianrimandando liberi ognuno il suo schiavo ebreo e la sua schiava ebrea, così che nessuno costringesse più alla schiavitù un Giudeo suo fratello.
Korean그 언 약 은 곧 사 람 으 로 각 기 히 브 리 남 녀 노 비 를 " 아 자 케 하 그 동 족 다 인 으 로 종 을 삼 지 못 하 게 한 것 이 라
MaoriKia tukua e tera, e tera, tana pononga tane, tana pononga wahine, ki te mea he tane, he wahine ranei no nga Hiperu, kia haere noa atu; kia kaua tetahi e whakamahi i a ratou, ara i tona teina, i te Hurai:
Modern Greekωστε να αποπεμψη εκαστος τον δουλον αυτου και εκαστος την δουλην αυτου, Εβραιον η Εβραιαν, ελευθερους, δια να μη εχη μηδεις δουλον Ιουδαιον αδελφον αυτου·
Norwegianså at enhver skulde gi sin træl og sin trælkvinne fri, om de var hebreere, så ikke nogen skulde holde sin jødiske bror i trældom.
Portuguesepara que cada um libertasse o seu escravo, e cada um a sua escrava, hebreu ou hebréia, de maneira que ninguém se servisse mais dos judeus, seus irmãos, como escravos.   
Rumanianpentru ca fiecare sq lase slobozi pe robul wi roaba sa, pe Evreu wi pe Evreicq, wi nimeni sq nu mai yinq kn robie pe fratele squ Iudeu.
RussianЮФП'Щ ЛБЦ"ЩК ПФ ХУФЙМ ОБ ЧПМА ТБ'Б УЧПЕЗП Й ТБ'Х УЧПА, еЧТЕС Й еЧТЕСОЛХ, ЮФП'Щ ОЙЛФП ЙЪ ОЙИ ОЕ "ЕТЦБМ Ч ТБ'УФЧЕ йХ"ЕС, 'ТБФБ УЧПЕЗП.
Spanisha fin de que cada uno dejase libre a su esclavo o a su esclava hebreos, de modo que ninguno se sirviese de sus hermanos judíos como esclavos.
Swedishså att var och en skulle släppa sin träl och sin trälinna fria, om det var en hebreisk man eller kvinna, på det att icke den ene juden skulle hava den andre till träl.
Thaiให้ทุกคนปล่อยทาสฮีบรูของตนทั้งชายและหญิงเสียให้เป็นอิสระ เพื่อว่าจะไม่มีผู้ใ"กระทำให้ยิวพี้น้องของตนเป็นทาส
Ukrainianщоб кожен відпустив раба свого, і кожен свою невільницю, "врея та "врейку, вільними, щоб ніхто не поневолював свого брата юдея.

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

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Misspellings: In Service

Misspellings

"In Service" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: inservice. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: In Service

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

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

-1 letter: vineries.

-2 letters: cervine, eirenic, enviers, evinces, inverse, irenics, scrieve, sericin, service, sincere, veiners, veinier, venires, versine.

-3 letters: censer, cerise, civies, envier, envies, evince, incise, irenic, nereis, nerves, nieces, nieves, reives, revise, ricins, screen, scrive, secern, seiner, serein, serine, veiner, venire, vinier.

-4 letters: cense, ceres, cines, cires, civie, cries, ernes, evens, icier, ivies, nerve, never, neves, nicer, niece, nieve, nisei, reins, reive, resin, rices, ricin, rinse, risen, riven, rives, scene, scree, seine, serin, serve, seven, sever, sieve, since, siree, siren, siver, sneer, veers, veins, verse, vices, viers, vines, vinic, vires.

-5 letters: cees, cere, cine, cire, cris, erne, erns, even, ever, eves, ices, ires, iris, neve, nevi, nice, nisi, recs, rees, rein, reis, revs, rice, rins, rise, rive, seen, seer, sene, sere, sice, sine, sire, veer, vees, vein, vice, vier, vies, vine, vise.

 Words containing the letters "c-e-e-i-i-n-r-s-v"
 

+1 letter: vicereines.

 

+2 letters: insectivore, ivermectins, reservicing, reviviscent, viridescent, virulencies.

 

+3 letters: divergencies, eviscerating, evisceration, insectivores, interservice, inveteracies, misconceiver, reviviscence.

 

+4 letters: eviscerations, improvidences, introspective, irrelevancies, misconceivers, misperceiving, overservicing, rediscovering, reviviscences, vicegerencies.

 

+5 letters: discursiveness, inadvertencies, indiscoverable, nondescriptive, nonrestrictive, overexercising, subserviencies.

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

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Alternative Orthography: In Service


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

49 6E      53 65 72 76 69 63 65

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

    

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

01001001 01101110 00100000 01010011 01100101 01110010 01110110 01101001 01100011 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#73 &#110 &#32 &#83 &#101 &#114 &#118 &#105 &#99 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0049 006E      0053 0065 0072 0076 0069 0063 0065

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

4380253718488756971

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Quotations: Speeches
8. Expressions
9. Translations: Modern
10. Bible Trace
11. Derivations
12. Anagrams
13. Orthography
14. Bibliography


  

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