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Meaning job meaning

What does job mean?
Definitions in simple English

job Noun

— A job is an activity that you do, usually, regularly and for pay. She got a good job as a manager in a book store. She does the same job as George, and she does it faster and better. Son, come here. I have a job for you before you start watching TV. — A job is a task that a computer performs. — A job is a plastic surgery that is done on someone. Usually used with another word to form a noun. John just had a nose job.

job

— noun (= business, line) the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money he's not in my line of business — noun (= task, chore) 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 samples the farmer's morning chores — noun a workplace; as in the expression on the job — noun an object worked on; a result produced by working he held the job in his left hand and worked on it with his right — noun the performance of a piece of work she did an outstanding job as Ophelia he gave it up as a bad job — noun the responsibility to do something it is their job to print the truth — noun a damaging piece of work dry rot did the job of destroying the barn the barber did a real job on my hair — noun (computer science) a program application that may consist of several steps but is a single logical unit — verb work occasionally As a student I jobbed during the semester breaks — verb profit privately from public office and official business — verb (= speculate) 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 — noun a crime (especially a robbery) the gang pulled off a bank job in St. Louis — noun (= problem) 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 — verb (= subcontract) arranged for contracted work to be done by others

Job

— 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 book in the Old Testament containing Job's pleas to God about his afflictions and God's reply

Synonyms job synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as job?

job English » English

work task employment occupation business post position profession office labor function assignment labour duty chore capacity service operation place career mission appointment activity vocation use situation line calling trade station errand workplace undertaking speculate peck matter line of work facility employ effort duties attendance application affair utilization usage subcontract stint stab site

Job English » English

Book of Job station route post position

Topics job topics

What do people use job to talk about?
Work and occupation

Occupation
Work and occupation Business organization

Work for someone
Work and occupation Finance Dishonest financial practices

Steal
Grammar General words

Do
Work and occupation Work

Job satisfaction
Work and occupation Work Method

Work poorly
Language and thought Communication Say

Criticize
Social behavior Prosperity, trouble Chance

Lucky

Conjugation job conjugation

How do you conjugate job?

job · verb

Examples job examples

How do I use job in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Writing news stories is his job.
You can always quit the job.
Are you satisfied with your job?
I found no job today.
I'm looking for a job.
I had the luck to find a good job.
I considered changing my job.
His skill qualifies him for the job.
She is disgusted with the job.
You really did a good job.
My job is taking care of our baby.
Tom was dismissed from his job.
Does she like her new job?
I like my job very much.
You did an excellent job.
You've done a perfect job.
Will you take on the job?
You only started this job an hour ago.
You're the best man for the job.
You must get the job done before the deadline.
A poor school record will count against you when you look for a job.
Some companies guarantee their workers a job for life.
We must do our job as best as we can.
Finishing the job by Tuesday will be a piece of cake.
My wife's part-time job brings in a little extra money.
If it were not for my family, I would give up this job.
You finally succeeded in getting a job.
You are suitable for the job.
With your approval, I would like to offer him the job.
In terms of salary, that job is fantastic.
He is, without question, the best man for the job.
Give us the tools, and we will finish the job.
What do you think caused him to lose his job?

Movie subtitles

I know I'm doing a really good job and all, but let's not get too carried away, I mean, a lot of the people here are so scared to death of that General Koni guy.
I'm not going back to a life or a job that I like or family or friends or even an ex-boyfriend, and I get that you're sad about that.
You just need to do your job properly. And I just need to do mine.
This magistrate here doesn't have any interest for his job as a magistrate, not even this much.
Who can still do the job. - Ridiculous.
This is a coroner job, so we need to leave everything attached.
You did a good job on that one.
Oh, no, I-I have a job.
I'm gonna take a nap here for just a. year. What about your job thingy?
Okay. It's my one job, but go ahead.
At the end of the day, you just got to leave the job at the job.
She quit her job as a manager at a Whole Foods, came to work here.
So not only did I lose my wife, I lost my best friend and my job.
You're not making my job any easier.
I'll take a job as a nurse.
You work a demeaning job.
You know, this is my job.
This is my job.
I'm your job!
Our kids are your job. Our marriage is your job.
Your job is done now. Thank you for your help.
Stop talking about your job!
My job was never to hurt you.
I couldn't have done a better job if I had had to make it for you, Hans!
These were the days before oil fuel made stoking a lady's job - when stokers earned their pay in sweat and coal-dust.
Dude, watch the paint job.
That's their job, and they do that very well, but Scott can easily look past that and still be in love with Allison.
Right now, protecting His Majesty is my most important job.
You just need to do your job properly.
This magistrate here doesn't have any interest for his job as a magistrate, not even this much. I'm not sure, but whatever you folks were imagining about this magistrate, he will be less than that.
I'VE NEVER SEEN YOU LIKE THIS ON A JOB BEFORE.
I don't like this job.
What a dirty job!
What about your job thingy?
Best of a bad job?

News and current affairs

It will subordinate all who really do work - traders, warriors, journalists, and others - to party ideologues whose sole job is to search for enemies.
Although the job of maintaining Ukraine's democracy is primarily one for Ukrainians, the EU can help if it takes practical steps to reassure Ukrainians that they won't be cut off from the rest of Europe.
It was NATO's job to ensure the country's stability and security, and thus NATO's weak General Secretary and the European allies, especially Germany and France, share the responsibility for the worsening situation.
And they should be given the tools and manpower to do the job.
The job can be done, but economic growth requires more than eliciting a temporary boost in investment and entrepreneurship.
It must affirm not only Afghanistan's territorial integrity, but insure that donor commitments meet the scale of the job and that these promises are kept.
And job creation faltered in April and May, so the US may reach stall speed by year end.
Moreover, only the finance ministers of the G-7 could possibly have believed that the IMF and World Bank were doing a good job in the poorest countries.
Like everywhere else in the developed world, the global crisis has hit the French economy hard, with output stagnating, unemployment rising, job insecurity mounting, government debt soaring, and the stock market at risk of crashing.
So it may well be wiser to induce Iraq to readmit the UN weapons inspectors and make sure they can do their job.
Anything can trigger this final act: a lover's rejection, a job application denied.
As the emotions in Washington today suggest, the aversion to tax increases runs far deeper than concern about their effect on current economic performance and job growth.
Yet, despite all this, employment remained stagnant: net job creation in the United States continues to stall.
So, where Hiatt sees a press corps that was a little too cowardly about overseeing the Bush administration, Frankel sees a press corps where a sloppy and confusing process is nevertheless doing a reasonable job.
Without it, growth falters, job creation is insufficient, and widening income and wealth inequality undermines the social fabric.
All those who have made it their job to praise the stability in the region should look at these figures.
ACCRA - The United States suffers rising job losses.
Trading in derivatives by investment banks, hedge funds, and other market participants, reaps huge profits for traders while depriving the real economy of productive investment and job creation.
Just because European governments have failed to put bread on their constituents' tables doesn't mean that the European Central Bank should likewise fail in its job of promoting price stability in the euro zone.
Advanced Europe, Canada, and Japan also suffered major job losses that will last for a long time.
Weakness in the job market takes a huge toll on economic and personal well-being.
Young people seeking their first jobs and experienced workers who lose jobs in a weak job market suffer economic losses that will last their entire lives.
But the current options that many governments wish to embrace will not do the job.
There need to be increased funds available to support small and medium-size enterprises - the main source of job creation in all economies - which is especially important, given that credit contraction by banks hits these enterprises especially hard.
This year, as the American-led effort to mediate a Middle East peace settlement began to falter, Turkey took up the job of mediator in both the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the conflict between Syria and Israel.
The poor are squeezed by cuts in social programs and a weak job market.
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