service

Naija

Alternative forms

• emergency 0.62 385, department 0.61 345, authority 0.60 409, operations 0.59 154, corporation 0.59 87, services 0.58 211, management 0.58 317, corps 0.58 114, programme 0.58 417

Etymology

Borrowed from English service

Pronunciation

• sɛ́vìs

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 13
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 615
• Frequency in raw corpus: 516
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 634

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

Noun

service: church service, National Youth Service (NYSC) -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   I bin go morning service.  — no translation

2. - (frequency:78)

   I go service.  — (IBA_01_Fola-Lifestory_MG__123, I went for Youth Service.)

   Im wan go service.  — (ENU_22_Barman-Interview_MG__59, He wanted to go and do his NYSC.)

3. amod (frequency:35)

   Military say IPOB don form secret service  — (bbc__67228, __no translation__)

   If you enter full-time service, Jehovah go happy.  — (jw__17041, __no translation__)

4. case (frequency:32)

   I con go for service for Bayelsa State.  — (WAZP_07_Imonirhua-Lifestory_MG__26, Then I went into the Youth Service Corps in Bayelsa State.)

   if e don due for service, or wheder di oil still...  — (NST_cleaned__34675, __no translation__)

5. det (frequency:19)

   First Minister Nicola Sturgeon attend di service.  — (bbc__50676, __no translation__)

   Make sure say your network get good coverage before you use di service.  — (bbc__64929, __no translation__)

6. case-det (frequency:13)

   She say dia is no amount of money wey you fit pay for dis service.  — (bbc__88798, __no translation__)

   Oga in charge for di service say di business get profit yakata if you know di koko.  — (bbc__77035, __no translation__)

7. cc (frequency:10)

   Plenti companies dey inside di state wey dey drill oil and service well.  — (bbc__77190, __no translation__)

   Price of goods and service go increase, transport too go dey expensive.  — (bbc__5904, __no translation__)

8. amod-det (frequency:8)

   Di state goment talk say from di exercise wey dem do, dem don see say dem suppose clean up di civil service.  — (bbc__38487, __no translation__)

   Dis new service go dey on top digital platforms and go use Pidgin wey dem dey speak for West and Central Africa as dem language.  — (bbc__41872, __no translation__)

9. nmod (frequency:5)

   service for Lagos.  — (NST_cleaned__34530, __no translation__)

   Di name na Loom service.  — (bbc__51588, __no translation__)

10. amod-obj (frequency:2)

    Ms Oyo-Ita, wey be di Head of Nigeria civil service bin deny say she allow person wey dey face corruption charges return to another big position for government.  — (bbc__68967, __no translation__)

    Presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina, bin confirm on Monday night say President Buhari don receive di report from di Head of Nigeria civil service, Winifred Oyo-Ita.  — (bbc__83686, __no translation__)

11. nmod:poss (frequency:2)

    Okay so my plan be sey, if I finish from here, I finish my NYSC, I for don finish my service, I go do, I wan do my masters.  — (NST_cleaned__2030, __no translation__)

    One of di ways to get experience na to do internship or offer your service free for sometime for industry wey you go like work and build career inside.  — (bbc__78648, __no translation__)

Synonymes

• emergency 0.62 385, department 0.61 345, authority 0.60 409, operations 0.59 154, corporation 0.59 87, services 0.58 211, management 0.58 317, corps 0.58 114, programme 0.58 417

Antonymes

• emergency 0.62 385, department 0.61 345, authority 0.60 409, operations 0.59 154, corporation 0.59 87, services 0.58 211, management 0.58 317, corps 0.58 114, programme 0.58 417

Translations

• English: church service, National Youth Service (NYSC)