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1. (n.) job
a piece of work, esp. a specific task done as part of the routine of one's occupation or for an agreed price.
2. job
a post of employment; position.
3. job
any task or project.
4. job
a responsibility; duty:
It is your job to be on time.
5. job
the execution or performance of a task:
to do a good job.
6. job
the material or item being worked upon.
7. job
a state of affairs; matter:
to make the best of a bad job.
8. job
a difficult task:
We had a job getting him to agree.
9. job
Informal. an example of a specific type:
That little sports job is a great car.
10. job
Slang. a theft or similar crime.
11. job
a public or official act or decision done for improper private gain.
12. job
a unit of work for a computer.
13. (v.i.) job
to work at jobs or odd pieces of work; work by the piece.
14. job
to do business as a jobber.
15. job
to turn public business improperly to private gain.
16. (v.t.) job
to assign (work, a contract for work, etc.) in separate portions, as to different contractors or workers (often fol. by out).
17. job
to buy in large quantities from wholesalers or manufacturers and sell to dealers in smaller quantities.
18. job
to swindle or trick.
19. job
to carry on (public business) for improper private gain.
20. (adj.) job
of or for a particular job or transaction.
21. job
bought, sold, or handled together:
to buy in job quantities.
22. job
to damage or destroy.
23. job
to deceive; snow.
24. job
while working; at work.
25. job
on the alert.
26. (n.) Job
the central figure in an Old Testament parable of the righteous sufferer.
27. Job
a book of the Bible bearing his name.
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| Definition of 'job' |
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1. (noun) occupation, business, job, line of work, line
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
"he's not in my line of business"
2. (noun) job, task, chore
a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
"estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars"; "the job of repairing the engine took several hours"; "the endless task of classifying the samples"; "the farmer's morning chores"
3. (noun) job
a workplace; as in the expression "on the job";
4. (noun) job
an object worked on; a result produced by working
"he held the job in his left hand and worked on it with his right"
5. (noun) job
the responsibility to do something
"it is their job to print the truth"
6. (noun) job
the performance of a piece of work
"she did an outstanding job as Ophelia"; "he gave it up as a bad job"
7. (noun) job
a damaging piece of work
"dry rot did the job of destroying the barn"; "the barber did a real job on my hair"
8. (noun) problem, job
a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved
"she and her husband are having problems"; "it is always a job to contact him"; "urban problems such as traffic congestion and smog"
9. (noun) Job
a Jewish hero in the Old Testament who maintained his faith in God in spite of afflictions that tested him
10. (noun) Job
any long-suffering person who withstands affliction without despairing
11. (noun) job
(computer science) a program application that may consist of several steps but is a single logical unit
12. (noun) Job, Book of Job
a book in the Old Testament containing Job's pleas to God about his afflictions and God's reply
13. (verb) caper, job
a crime (especially a robbery)
"the gang pulled off a bank job in St. Louis"
14. (verb) job
profit privately from public office and official business
15. (verb) subcontract, farm out, job
arranged for contracted work to be done by others
16. (verb) job
work occasionally
"As a student I jobbed during the semester breaks"
17. (verb) speculate, job
invest at a risk
"I bought this house not because I want to live in it but to sell it later at a good price, so I am speculating"
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1. (noun) job
the work sb is paid to do
her job at the local library; a part-time/full-time job; Do you have a job?; I need to find/get a job.
2. job
lose your job
to be forced to leave a job
My father lost his job when the factory shut down.
3. job
quit a job
to decide to leave your job
She quit her job and traveled around South America.
4. job
a piece of work; = task
We hired him to do a couple of jobs for us.
5. job
sth that is your responsibility to do; = duty
Your job is to watch your sister.
6. job
good/great/nice job
indicates you think sb has done sth well
You guys did a great job today.
7. job
it's a good job
indicates you think sb or sth is lucky
It's a good job I was there to help out.
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| Definition of 'job' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) job
a sudden thrust or stab; a jab
2. (noun) job
a piece of chance or occasional work; any definite work undertaken in gross for a fixed price; as, he did the job for a thousand dollars
3. (noun) job
a public transaction done for private profit; something performed ostensibly as a part of official duty, but really for private gain; a corrupt official business
4. (noun) job
any affair or event which affects one, whether fortunately or unfortunately
5. (noun) job
a situation or opportunity of work; as, he lost his job
6. (noun) job
the hero of the book of that name in the Old Testament; the typical patient man
7. (verb) job
to strike or stab with a pointed instrument
8. (verb) job
to thrust in, as a pointed instrument
9. (verb) job
to do or cause to be done by separate portions or lots; to sublet (work); as, to job a contract
10. (verb) job
to buy and sell, as a broker; to purchase of importers or manufacturers for the purpose of selling to retailers; as, to job goods
11. (verb) job
to hire or let by the job or for a period of service; as, to job a carriage
12. (verb) job
to do chance work for hire; to work by the piece; to do petty work
13. (verb) job
to seek private gain under pretense of public service; to turn public matters to private advantage
14. (verb) job
to carry on the business of a jobber in merchandise or stocks
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Sense: a person's daily work or employment
She has a job as a bank-clerk; Some of the unemployed men have been out of a job for four years.
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 Afrikaans: werk |
 Arabic: مِهْنَه، وظيفَه |
 Bulgarian: работа |
 Brazilian: emprego |
 Czech: zaměstnání, práce |
 German: die Arbeit |
 Danish: job; arbejde |
 Greek: εργασία |
 Spanish: trabajo |
 Estonian: töö |
 Farsi: شغل |
 Finnish: työpaikka |
 French: travail, emploi |
 Hebrew: עֲבוֹדָה |
 Hindi: काम |
 Croatian: posao |
 Hungarian: állás; munka |
 Indonesian: pekerjaan |
 Icelandic: starf, atvinna |
 Italian: lavoro |
 Japanese: 職 |
 Korean: 직업 |
 Lithuanian: darbas |
 Latvian: darbs |
 Malay: kerja |
 Dutch: baan |
 Norwegian: jobb, arbeid |
 Polish: praca |
 Persian: شغل |
 Pashto: دنده، كار، وظيفه |
 Portuguese: emprego |
 Romanian: job, ocupaţie, muncă |
 Russian: работа |
 Slovak: zamestnanie |
 Slovenian: služba |
 Serbian: zaposlenje |
 Swedish: jobb |
 Thai: การงาน; อาชีพ |
 Turkish: iş |
 Taiwanese: 職業 |
 Ukrainian: робота, праця |
 Urdu: کام، منصب |
 Vietnamese: việc làm |
 Chinese: 职业 |
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