service

Naija

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__)

Synonyms

• 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

Antonyms

• 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)