job

phonetic symbol: / dʒáb | dʒóʊb / 

job - English Dictionary

[ noun ]
■ a damaging piece of work
e.g.)
・dry rot did the job of destroying the barn
・the barber did a real job on my hair

[ noun ]
■ the performance of a piece of work
e.g.)
・she did an outstanding job as Ophelia
・he gave it up as a bad job

[ noun ]
■ the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
business , line , line of work , occupation

[ noun ]
■ the responsibility to do something
e.g.)
・it is their job to print the truth

[ noun ]
■ a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
e.g.)
・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
chore , task

[ noun ]
■ a crime (especially a robbery)
e.g.)
・the gang pulled off a bank job in St. Louis
caper

[ noun ]
■ a workplace
■ as in the expression
e.g.)
・on the job

[ noun ]
■ an object worked on
■ a result produced by working
e.g.)
・he held the job in his left hand and worked on it with his right

[ noun ]
■ a book in the Old Testament containing Job's pleas to God about his afflictions and God's reply
book of job

[ noun ]
■ (computer science) a program application that may consist of several steps but is a single logical unit

[ noun ]
■ any long-suffering person who withstands affliction without despairing

[ noun ]
■ a Jewish hero in the Old Testament who maintained his faith in God in spite of afflictions that tested him

[ noun ]
■ a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved
e.g.)
・it is always a job to contact him
problem

[ verb ]
■ invest at a risk
speculate

[ verb ]
■ work occasionally
e.g.)
・As a student I jobbed during the semester breaks

[ verb ]
■ arranged for contracted work to be done by others
farm out , subcontract

[ verb ]
■ profit privately from public office and official business

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