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
Synonyms Examples "he's not in my line of business" |
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[ noun ] (work) the occupation for which you are paid
Synonyms Examples "he is looking for employment" "a lot of people are out of work" |
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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
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[ noun ] a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved
Synonyms 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 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 Examples "the gang pulled off a bank job in St. Louis" |
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