Meanings
prepositional phrase
alternative out-of-service
- Not available for use.
This train is going out of service at the next station.
1 more example
The sign that said the elevator was "temporarily out of service" had been there for months.
Synonyms: out of commission, out of order · Antonyms: in service, in order, in working order
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositional phraseNot available for use.
Opposite
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Translations
Catalan fora de servei
- fora de serveinot available for use
Finnish epäkunnossa, ei käytössä
- epäkunnossanot available for use
- ei käytössänot available for use
French hors-service, H.S.
- hors-servicenot available for use
- H.S.not available for use
Hungarian üzemen kívül
- üzemen kívülnot available for use
Norwegian Bokmål i ustand
- i ustandnot available for use
Polish nieczynny
- nieczynnynot available for use
Portuguese fora de serviço
- fora de serviçonot available for use
Spanish fuera de servicio
- fuera de servicionot available for use
Swedish ur funktion
- ur funktionnot available for use
Turkish servis dışı
- servis dışınot available for use
Cite this entry
APA
out of service. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/out%20of%20service
MLA
“out of service.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/out%20of%20service. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “out of service,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/out%20of%20service.
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