COMMUNITY SERVICE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does community service mean? 

• COMMUNITY SERVICE (noun)
  The noun COMMUNITY SERVICE has 2 senses:

1. a service that is performed for the benefit of the public or its institutions

2. an unpaid service for the benefit of the public that is performed by lawbreakers as part (or all) of their sentence

  Familiarity information: COMMUNITY SERVICE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMMUNITY SERVICE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A service that is performed for the benefit of the public or its institutions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

community service; public service

Hypernyms ("community service" is a kind of...):

service (an act of help or assistance)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An unpaid service for the benefit of the public that is performed by lawbreakers as part (or all) of their sentence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("community service" is a kind of...):

service (an act of help or assistance)