(Australia, obsolete) Commonwealth Employment Service.
(Australia, obsolete) Commonwealth Employment Service.
1976, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Official Year Book of Australia: No. 61, 1975 and 1976, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=LgMwMIo4mrgC&pg=PA722&dq=%22ces%22+australia+-intitle:%22ces%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=g2MiT7flHt…
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(Australia) , any of various state-based emergency service organisations, staffed by volunteers and operating within state legislation.
(US, Australia) , a high-ranking position classification of the civil service (public service).
(UK, education, historical, countable) , a former examination in UK schools; a pass achieved in this examination.
(British) Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service.
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Center for Employee Services.
1976, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Official Year Book of Australia: No. 61, 1975 and 1976, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=LgMwMIo4mrgC&pg=PA722&dq=%22ces%22+australia+-intitle:%22ces%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=g2MiT7flHt…
"CES" means: Center for Employee Services.. This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.
"CES" means: Center for Employee Services.. Register: neutral, standard English, usable in most everyday contexts. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
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