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Job

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Definitions for Job

noun
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
Synonyms
occupation business line of work line
Examples
  1. he's not in my line of business
noun
a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
Synonyms
Examples
  1. estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars
  2. the job of repairing the engine took several hours
  3. the endless task of classifying the samples
  4. the farmer's morning chores
noun
a workplace
Examples
  1. as in the expression `on the job'
noun
an object worked on
Examples
  1. a result produced by working
  2. he held the job in his left hand and worked on it with his right
noun
the responsibility to do something
Examples
  1. it is their job to print the truth
noun
the performance of a piece of work
Examples
  1. she did an outstanding job as Ophelia
  2. he gave it up as a bad job
noun
a damaging piece of work
Examples
  1. dry rot did the job of destroying the barn
  2. the barber did a real job on my hair
noun
a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved
Synonyms
Examples
  1. she and her husband are having problems
  2. it is always a job to contact him
  3. urban problems such as traffic congestion and smog
noun
a Jewish hero in the Old Testament who maintained his faith in God in spite of afflictions that tested him
noun
any long-suffering person who withstands affliction without despairing
noun
(computer science) a program application that may consist of several steps but is a single logical unit
noun
a book in the Old Testament containing Job's pleas to God about his afflictions and God's reply
Synonyms
Book of Job
noun
a crime (especially a robbery)
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Examples
  1. the gang pulled off a bank job in St. Louis
verb
profit privately from public office and official business
verb
arranged for contracted work to be done by others
Synonyms
subcontract farm out
verb
work occasionally
Examples
  1. As a student I jobbed during the semester breaks
verb
invest at a risk
Synonyms
Examples
  1. 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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