Job
nounNoun
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”
a crime (especially a robbery)
“the gang pulled off a bank job in St. Louis”
Similar:CaperType of:Robberya state of difficulty that needs to be resolved
“it is always a job to contact him”
Similar:ProblemType of:Difficultya damaging piece of work
“dry rot did the job of destroying the barn”
“the barber did a real job on my hair”
Type of:Workthe performance of a piece of work
“she did an outstanding job as Ophelia”
“he gave it up as a bad job”
Type of:Workan object worked on; a result produced by working
“he held the job in his left hand and worked on it with his right”
Type of:ProductProductionthe responsibility to do something
“it is their job to print the truth”
Type of:ResponsibilityDutyObligationthe principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
Type of:Activitya book in the Old Testament containing Job's pleas to God about his afflictions and God's reply
any long-suffering person who withstands affliction without despairing
Type of:Unfortunatea workplace; as in the expression `on the job'
Type of:WorkplaceWork(computer science) a program application that may consist of several steps but is a single logical unit
Type of:Applicationa Jewish hero in the Old Testament who maintained his faith in God in spite of afflictions that tested him
Verb
work occasionally
“As a student I jobbed during the semester breaks”
Type of:Workinvest at a risk
Similar:SpeculateType of:CommitPlacePutarranged for contracted work to be done by others
Similar:SubcontractType of:EmployHireEngageprofit privately from public office and official business
Type of:ChiselCheat
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