national service

Noun

Meaning

compulsory service in the military during peacetime

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

duty conscription public office call to action selective service armed service domestic service national office civilian service interior service national bureau nationwide service compulsory military system compulsory service army service
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Hypernyms

service

Examples

According to sources in the national service administration, Arab leaders are counseling youths to refrain from performing services to the state. Source: Internet

According to him, about 16,000 of the trainee teachers had already registered with the National Service Secretariat. Source: Internet

Copperbelt Province Permanent Secretary, Bright Nundwe has hailed the Zambia National Service (ZNS) for taking up the initiative of running a shoemaking factory. Source: Internet

Apart from department-level initiatives, role of students, teachers, parents, student police cadets, and the National Service Scheme is important in preventing students from becoming drug traffickers and users. Source: Internet

After graduating with congratulatory honours, Williams did his national service in the RAF - the year he spent flying Spitfires in Canada was, he sometimes said, the happiest in his life. Source: Internet

After school Rushton had to do his two years of national service in the army where he failed officer selection. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

national security protection national security specialist national self-consciousness national serviceman national services national shame