job is the dictionary form of Job's Definition of job
job has definitions from the fields of work,sociology,law,criminal law,Old Testament,fine art,writing,computer science,Judaism,stock exchange
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[ noun ] the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money

Examples

"he's not in my line of business"

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[ noun ] (work) the occupation for which you are paid

Synonyms

work employment

Examples

"he is looking for employment" "a lot of people are out of work"

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[ noun ] a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee

Synonyms

task chore

Examples

: "the job of repairing the engine took several hours" "the endless task of classifying the samples" "the farmer's morning chores"

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[ noun ] (work) a workplace; as in the expression "on the job"
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[ noun ] the performance of a piece of work

Examples

"she did an outstanding job as Ophelia" "he gave it up as a bad job"

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[ noun ] an object worked on; a result produced by working

Examples

"he held the job in his left hand and worked on it with his right"

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[ noun ] (sociology) the responsibility to do something

Examples

"it is their job to print the truth"

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[ noun ] a damaging piece of work

Examples

: "dry rot did the job of destroying the barn" "the barber did a real job on my hair"

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[ verb ] profit privately from public office and official business
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 13253
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[ verb ] (work) arranged for contracted work to be done by others
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[ noun ] any long-suffering person who withstands affliction without despairing
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[ noun ] (computer science) a program application that may consist of several steps but is a single logical unit
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[ noun ] (Old Testament,fine art,writing) a book in the Old Testament containing Job's pleas to God about his afflictions and God's reply

Synonyms

book_of_job

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[ noun ] a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved

Synonyms

problem

Examples

"she and her husband are having problems" "it is always a job to contact him" "urban problems such as traffic congestion and smog"

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[ verb ] (work) work occasionally

Examples

"As a student I jobbed during the semester breaks"

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[ verb ] (stock exchange) invest at a risk

Synonyms

speculate

Examples

"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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[ noun ] (Old Testament,Judaism) a Jewish hero in the Old Testament who maintained his faith in God in spite of afflictions that tested him
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[ noun ] (law,criminal law) a crime (especially a robbery)

Synonyms

caper

Examples

"the gang pulled off a bank job in St. Louis"

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