MILITARY SERVICE


Meaning of MILITARY SERVICE in English

ˌmilitary ˈservice BrE AmE noun [uncountable]

the system in which every adult, or every male adult, in a country has to spend a period of time in the army, navy, or air force ⇨ draft :

More and more men are refusing to do military service.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.