home servicen.

Brit.

/ˌhəʊm ˈsəːvɪs/, U.S.

/ˌhoʊm ˈsərvəs/

Forms: see home n.¹ and adj. and service n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: home n.¹, service n.¹

Etymology: < home n.¹ + service n.¹

1. Military service performed at home as opposed to abroad. Also: a military force stationed at home.

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1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 684 (margin) The wisedom of the Romanes commended for rewardinge foreine and home seruice.

1745 Westm. Jrnl. 21 Sept. 1/2 Even of those [troops] who were allotted for home Service, a Part only were thought sufficient for that Purpose, and the Rest sent abroad.

1782 Public Advertiser 13 Apr. A Draught of the most able of the Greenwich Hospital Pensioners is ordered to be made, in order to man some Vessel, that are wanted immediately for home Service.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Home-Service, the Channel service; any force..stationed in and about the United Kingdom.

1868 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army §1118 The Troops on home Service are to be practised in route marching once a week.

1927 W. Deeping Kitty i. 10 A home-service job with one of the home-service battalions.

1977 A. R. Skelley Victorian Army at Home 18 Frequent rotation with units serving overseas broke up the continuity of home service.

2004 UK Def. Statistics (Ministry of Defence) ii. 52 The Ulster Defence Regiment..merged with the Royal Irish Rangers and became the Home Service element of the Royal Irish Regiment.

2. With capital initials and chiefly with the. A BBC radio service which operated from 1939 to 1967, when it was renamed ‘Radio 4’. Now historical.The Home Service replaced the National Programme and offered broadcasting intermediate in appeal between light entertainment (the Light Programme) and intellectual discussion (Third Programme); see Light Programme n. at light adj.¹ and n.² Compounds 3 and Third Programme n. at third adj. and n. Compounds 2.

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society > communication > broadcasting > radio broadcasting > [noun] > radio service > specific

Radio 1, 2, 3, 4, 51920

2LO1923

National Programme1930

regional1930

national1931

Home Programme1939

home service1939

World Service1939

Light Programme1945

Third Programme1946

home1947

light1948

VOA1949

national service1956

1939 Times 16 Mar. 14/4 The B.B.C., although primarily concerned with the provision of a home service, does not oppose experiments in large screen rediffusion of its programmes.]

1939 Radio Times 8 Sept. 3/1 In addition to the Home Service..two other British programmes are going out every day. One is a short-wave service to the whole world,..the other a short-wave service meant primarily for Europe.

1966 B.B.C. Handbk. 44 The Home Service serves the broad middle section of the community... It is the main vehicle for news and for the daily reporting of Parliamentary proceedings.

1980 Daily Tel. 29 May 14/6 MacNeice's most famous two plays..had an impact on a mass Home Service audience before he and his work disappeared into the Third Programme.

2003 S. Mackay Heligoland (2004) i. 11 Nowadays he listened mostly to music, since the old Home Service had become, by and large, Radio Bore.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	home service
释义	home servicen. Brit. /ˌhəʊm ˈsəːvɪs/, U.S. /ˌhoʊm ˈsərvəs/ Forms: see home n.¹ and adj. and service n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: home n.¹, service n.¹ Etymology: < home n.¹ + service n.¹ 1. Military service performed at home as opposed to abroad. Also: a military force stationed at home. ΚΠ 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 684 (margin) The wisedom of the Romanes commended for rewardinge foreine and home seruice. 1745 Westm. Jrnl. 21 Sept. 1/2 Even of those [troops] who were allotted for home Service, a Part only were thought sufficient for that Purpose, and the Rest sent abroad. 1782 Public Advertiser 13 Apr. A Draught of the most able of the Greenwich Hospital Pensioners is ordered to be made, in order to man some Vessel, that are wanted immediately for home Service. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Home-Service, the Channel service; any force..stationed in and about the United Kingdom. 1868 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army §1118 The Troops on home Service are to be practised in route marching once a week. 1927 W. Deeping Kitty i. 10 A home-service job with one of the home-service battalions. 1977 A. R. Skelley Victorian Army at Home 18 Frequent rotation with units serving overseas broke up the continuity of home service. 2004 UK Def. Statistics (Ministry of Defence) ii. 52 The Ulster Defence Regiment..merged with the Royal Irish Rangers and became the Home Service element of the Royal Irish Regiment. 2. With capital initials and chiefly with the. A BBC radio service which operated from 1939 to 1967, when it was renamed ‘Radio 4’. Now historical.The Home Service replaced the National Programme and offered broadcasting intermediate in appeal between light entertainment (the Light Programme) and intellectual discussion (Third Programme); see Light Programme n. at light adj.¹ and n.² Compounds 3 and Third Programme n. at third adj. and n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > communication > broadcasting > radio broadcasting > [noun] > radio service > specific Radio 1, 2, 3, 4, 51920 2LO1923 National Programme1930 regional1930 national1931 Home Programme1939 home service1939 World Service1939 Light Programme1945 Third Programme1946 home1947 light1948 VOA1949 national service1956 1939 Times 16 Mar. 14/4 The B.B.C., although primarily concerned with the provision of a home service, does not oppose experiments in large screen rediffusion of its programmes.] 1939 Radio Times 8 Sept. 3/1 In addition to the Home Service..two other British programmes are going out every day. One is a short-wave service to the whole world,..the other a short-wave service meant primarily for Europe. 1966 B.B.C. Handbk. 44 The Home Service serves the broad middle section of the community... It is the main vehicle for news and for the daily reporting of Parliamentary proceedings. 1980 Daily Tel. 29 May 14/6 MacNeice's most famous two plays..had an impact on a mass Home Service audience before he and his work disappeared into the Third Programme. 2003 S. Mackay Heligoland (2004) i. 11 Nowadays he listened mostly to music, since the old Home Service had become, by and large, Radio Bore. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1579
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