direct service

American  

[di-rekt sur-vis, dahy-rekt] / dɪˈrɛkt ˈsɜr vɪs, daɪˈrɛkt /

noun

plural

direct services

1. a route, especially one run by a train, bus, or airline, between two locations with no changes or layovers.

2. social work undertaken in direct contact with those served by social services.

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Example Sentences

SSA recalled 49,715 employees for direct service work.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025

The U.S. air lines normally operate direct service from major U.S. metropolitan areas including New York, Chicago, Washington, DC and Miami.

From Reuters • Oct. 8, 2023

Although First 5 Los Angeles has sunset other programs, including the preschool expansion, home visiting has remained its last and largest direct service.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2023

In 2016, Holland began work as a direct service provider for Fairbanks Resource Agency, a nonprofit that serves people with disabilities.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 27, 2023

Mr. Macmillan writes extremely well, and has produced a book which may be fitly described as one of the happiest efforts for enlisting physical science in the direct service of religion.

From Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood by Macmillan, Hugh