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job

/ job /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a damaging piece of work
"dry rot did the job of destroying the barn"
"the barber did a real job on my hair"
Type of:
work
verb Sense 2
work occasionally
"As a student I jobbed during the semester breaks"
Type of:
work do work
Derived:
task chore
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
noun Sense 3
a Jewish hero in the Old Testament who maintained his faith in God in spite of afflictions that tested him
Type of:
hero
noun Sense 4
any long-suffering person who withstands affliction without despairing
Type of:
unfortunate unfortunate person
noun Sense 5
(computer science) a program application that may consist of several steps but is a single logical unit
Type of:
application application program applications programme
Domain:
computer science computing
noun Sense 6
a book in the Old Testament containing Job''s pleas to God about his afflictions and God''s reply
Type of:
book
Has parts:
Hagiographa Ketubim Writings
noun Sense 7
an object worked on; a result produced by working
"he held the job in his left hand and worked on it with his right"
Type of:
product production
Derived:
subcontract farm out
noun Sense 8
a workplace; as in the expression "on the job";
Type of:
workplace work
Derived:
subcontract farm out
noun Sense 9
the performance of a piece of work
"she did an outstanding job as Ophelia"
"he gave it up as a bad job"
Type of:
work
Derived:
subcontract farm out
verb Sense 10
profit privately from public office and official business
Type of:
cheat chisel
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
noun Sense 11
the responsibility to do something
"it is their job to print the truth"
Type of:
duty responsibility obligation
noun Sense 12
a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
"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"
"the endless task of classifying the sampl"
Type of:
duty
Kinds of:
ball-buster ball-breaker disagreeable task disagreeable chore stint
Derived:
task subcontract farm out
verb Sense 13
invest at a risk
"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"
Type of:
invest put commit
Kinds of:
bull
Derived:
speculation venture speculator plunger
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
noun Sense 14
a crime (especially a robbery)
"the gang pulled off a bank job in St. Louis"
Type of:
robbery
noun Sense 15
a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved
"she and her husband are having problems"
"it is always a job to contact him"
"urban problems such as traffic congestion and smog"
Type of:
difficulty
Kinds of:
race problem balance-of-payments problem
noun Sense 16
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
"he''s not in my line of business"
Type of:
activity
Kinds of:
sport farming land game biz
Derived:
absorb engross engage occupy
verb Sense 17
arranged for contracted work to be done by others
Type of:
hire engage employ
Derived:
task chore subcontract subcontractor
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
17
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
69
Times Searched
5
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Related Words

work do work hero unfortunate unfortunate person application application program applications programme book product production workplace