job (dʒɒb
)
Definitions
noun
- an individual piece of work or task
- an occupation; post of employment
- an object worked on or a result produced from working
- a duty or responsibility ⇒
her job was to cook the dinner
- informal a difficult task or problem ⇒
I had a job to contact him
- a state of affairs ⇒
make the best of a bad job
it's a good job I saw you
- informal a damaging piece of work ⇒
he really did a job on that
- informal a crime, esp a robbery or burglary
- informal an article or specimen ⇒
the new car was a nice little job
- an instance of jobbery
- computing a unit of work for a computer consisting of a single complete task submitted by a user
- See jobs for the boys
- See on the job
- See just the job
verb
Word forms: jobs, jobbing, jobbed
- (intr) to work by the piece or at casual jobs
- to make a private profit out of (a public office, etc)
- (intr) usually foll by in
- to buy and sell (goods or services) as a middleman ⇒
he jobs in government surplus
- British to buy and sell stocks and shares as a stockjobber ⇒
he jobs in blue chips
- to buy and sell (goods or services) as a middleman ⇒
- (tr) often foll by out to apportion (a contract, work, etc) among several contractors, workers, etc
Word Origin
C16: of uncertain originSynonyms
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Job (dʒəʊb)
Definitions
noun
- Old Testament
- a Jewish patriarch, who maintained his faith in God in spite of the afflictions sent by God to test him
- the book containing Job's pleas to God under these afflictions, attempted explanations of them by his friends, and God's reply to him
- any person who withstands great suffering without despairing
Quotations
"If you have a job without aggravations, you don't have a job"
"Everyone sees life through their job. To the doctor the world is a hospital, to the broker it is a stock exchange, to the lawyer a vast criminal court"
"McJob: A low-pay, low-prestige, low-dignity, low-benefit, no-future job in the service sector"
Translations
- British English:
job
A job is the work that someone does to earn money.After I finish school, I will get a job.dʒɒb NOUN After I finish school, I will get a job.
- Spanish:
empleo
nm
- French:
emploi
nm
- German:
Stelle
nf
- Chinese: 工作 n
- Arabic: وَظِيفَةٌ n
- Portuguese: emprego nm
- Russian: работа nf
- Croatian: posao nm
- Czech: práce nf
- Danish: job nnt
- Dutch: baan n
- Finnish: työ n
- Greek: δουλειά nf
- Italian: lavoro nm
- Japanese: 職 n
- Korean: 직업 n
- Norwegian: jobb nm
- Polish: praca nf
- Brazilian Portuguese: emprego nm
- European Spanish:
empleo
nm
- Swedish: jobb nnt
- Thai: งาน n
- Turkish: iş n
- Vietnamese: công việc n
Usage examples
She was never what she told you she was, except for the job she had in San Francisco.
, YESTERDAY'S SHADOW (2002)Some gardeners prefer to prune now - before the leaves have expanded - because the job is more difficult later on.
Country Life (2004)The job of running the complex will go to Dublin Waterworld, a company with Tralee connections.
Irish Times (2002)However, doing work on your own home not only carries the risk of a badly done job , it could result in an accident.
Glasgow Herald (2001)That a job outside the home protects a woman from depression is well documented in the research literature.
, BEYOND FEAR (2002)