Job Meaning
There are 17 meaning(s) for word Job
Meaning 1 : a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
Example : 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
Synonyms : chore, task
Example : 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
Synonyms : chore, task
Meaning 2 : a crime (especially a robbery)
Example : the gang pulled off a bank job in St. Louis
Synonyms : caper
Example : the gang pulled off a bank job in St. Louis
Synonyms : caper
Meaning 4 : the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
Synonyms : business, line, line of work, occupation
Synonyms : business, line, line of work, occupation
Meaning 6 : a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved
Example : it is always a job to contact him
Synonyms : problem
Example : it is always a job to contact him
Synonyms : problem
Meaning 7 : a book in the Old Testament containing Job's pleas to God about his afflictions and God's reply
Synonyms : book of job
Synonyms : book of job
Meaning 8 : a damaging piece of work
Example : dry rot did the job of destroying the barn,the barber did a real job on my hair
Example : dry rot did the job of destroying the barn,the barber did a real job on my hair
Meaning 9 : a Jewish hero in the Old Testament who maintained his faith in God in spite of afflictions that tested him
Meaning 10 : an object worked on; a result produced by working
Example : he held the job in his left hand and worked on it with his right
Example : he held the job in his left hand and worked on it with his right
Meaning 11 : any long-suffering person who withstands affliction without despairing
Meaning 12 : a workplace; as in the expression `on the job'
Meaning 13 : (computer science) a program application that may consist of several steps but is a single logical unit
Meaning 14 : profit privately from public office and official business
Meaning 15 : the performance of a piece of work
Example : she did an outstanding job as Ophelia,he gave it up as a bad job
Example : she did an outstanding job as Ophelia,he gave it up as a bad job
Meaning 16 : the responsibility to do something
Example : it is their job to print the truth
Example : it is their job to print the truth
Meaning 17 : work occasionally
Example : As a student I jobbed during the semester breaks
Example : As a student I jobbed during the semester breaks
How to Pronounce Job
- dʒoʊb