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social service

noun

  1. organized welfare efforts carried on under professional auspices by trained personnel.


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Other Word Forms

  • c-i adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of social service1

First recorded in 1850–55
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Example Sentences

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“They have no other financial activities or resources which can enable them to adapt to climate change or to face natural disasters, and their access to social services and protection is very limited.”

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He said food parcels would have to go to those most in need who had been referred by social services, doctors or charities.

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In Tijuana, Trump’s order led to the closure of a health and social services clinic called Comunidad AVES.

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Although CPS is a social service agency, it has a lot of overlap with the criminal justice system.

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Worried about his son's escalating behaviour and the people he was spending time with, he complained to the council that social services were not adequately safeguarding him.

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