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community service Definition

community service

noun

unpaid work which benefits the community; specif., such work imposed on a convicted person as a sentence

community service Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

  • 24-hour: Yet again, 24-hour community services would result in patients being treated where they want to be treated and fewer hospital admissions.
  • general: The PCT provides a range of general community services to the population of Norwich.

Modifies a noun

  • user: Older people and direct payments Older people are the largest single group of community care service users.

Noun used with modifier

  • nursing: Your GP can refer you to a community nursing service.
  • care: Older people and direct payments Older people are the largest single group of community care service users.