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| 1. | [ noun ] the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money | |
| Synonyms: | business occupation line line_of_work | |
| Examples: | "he's not in my line of business" |
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| Related terms: | activity trade career position sport profession game accountancy metier treadmill photography appointment farming catering absorb | |
| 2. | [ 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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| Related terms: | occupation service services position engagement seafaring coaching public_service appointment piecework telecommuting treadmill workload paper_route work | |
| 3. | [ 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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| Related terms: | duty disagreeable_task stint ball-breaker school_assignment task | |
| 4. | [ noun ] (work) a workplace; as in the expression "on the job" | |
| Related terms: | workplace | |
| 5. | [ 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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| Related terms: | work operation | |
| 6. | [ 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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| Related terms: | product | |
| 7. | [ noun ] (sociology) the responsibility to do something | |
| Examples: | "it is their job to print the truth" |
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| Related terms: | duty | |
| 8. | [ 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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| Related terms: | work | |
| 9. | [ verb ] profit privately from public office and official business | |
| Related terms: | cheat | |
| 10. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 13253 | |
| 11. | [ verb ] (work) arranged for contracted work to be done by others | |
| Synonyms: | farm_out subcontract | |
| Related terms: | hire subcontractor subcontract | |
| 12. | [ noun ] any long-suffering person who withstands affliction without despairing | |
| Related terms: | unfortunate | |
| 13. | [ noun ] (computer science) a program application that may consist of several steps but is a single logical unit | |
| Related terms: | application computer_science | |
| 14. | [ 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 | |
| Related terms: | book Old_Testament Hagiographa | |
| 15. | [ 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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| Related terms: | difficulty race_problem balance-of-payments_problem | |
| 16. | [ verb ] (work) work occasionally | |
| Examples: | "As a student I jobbed during the semester breaks" |
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| Related terms: | work | |
| 17. | [ 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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| Related terms: | invest bull speculation | |
| 18. | [ noun ] (Old Testament,Judaism) a Jewish hero in the Old Testament who maintained his faith in God in spite of afflictions that tested him | |
| Related terms: | Jew hero | |
| 19. | [ 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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| Related terms: | robbery | |
| Similar spelling: |
Jobe Jove Joppa |
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