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Meaning of social services | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A government-run program meant to benefit society as a whole, with a particular view to the less economically fortunate.

plural, plural-only

Equivalents

Deutsch Sozialleistung

Suomi sosiaalipalvelu

Svenska socialtjänst

Examples

“Grace and her twin brother Gilbert (Kodi Smit-McPhee) lost their mother during birth, and their alcoholic father during their hardscrabble childhood. The pair are divided up by social services, Grace sent to one side of the continent, Gilbert to the other.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

social sharing social skills social smoker social spam social standing social station