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civil service

n. Abbr. CS
1. Those branches of public service that are not legislative, judicial, or military and in which employment is usually based on competitive examination.
2. The entire body of persons employed by the civil branches of a government.
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civil service

n
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the service responsible for the public administration of the government of a country. It excludes the legislative, judicial, and military branches. Members of the civil service have no official political allegiance and are not generally affected by changes of governments
2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the members of the civil service collectively
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civ′il serv′ice


n.
1. those branches of public service concerned with all governmental administrative functions outside the armed services.
2. the body of persons employed in these branches.
[1775–85]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.civil service - government workerscivil service - government workers; usually hired on the basis of competitive examinations
Whitehall - the British civil service
government officials, officialdom - people elected or appointed to administer a government
bureaucracy, bureaucratism - nonelective government officials
civil servant - a public official who is a member of the civil service
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Translations
خِدْمَه مَدَنِيَّه
státní služba
det offentligestatsforvaltningen
ríkisòjónusta, opinber störf
kamu görevisivil devlet memurluğu

civil service

n the Civil Service → l'amministrazione f pubblica
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civil

(ˈsivl) adjective
1. polite, courteous.
2. of the state or community. civil rights.
3. ordinary; not military or religious. civil life.
4. concerned with law cases which are not criminal.
civilian (siˈviljən) noun
a person who has a civil job, not in the armed forces.
civility (siˈviləti) noun
politeness. Treat strangers with civility.
ˈcivilly adverb
politely.
ˌcivil deˈfence noun
(American civil defense) the organization responsible for protection of civilians from enemy bombing etc and for rescue operations after such attacks.
ˌcivil disoˈbedience noun
a refusal by a large number of people to pay taxes or obey certain laws in a nonviolent way in order to protest against the government, its policies etc.
civil engineerengineercivil liberties/rights
the rights of a citizen according to the law of the country.
civil servant
a member of the civil service.
civil service
the organization which runs the administration of a state.
civil war
(a) war between citizens of the same state. the American Civil War.
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