job
Pronunciation
/dʒɑːb/

Definition & Meaning of "job"in English

Job
01

the work that we do regularly to earn money

job definition and meaning
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Countable
Plural form
jobs
Examples
He enjoys his job because it allows him to be creative.
02

a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee

03

a workplace; as in the expression `on the job'

04

the responsibility to do something

05

the performance of a piece of work

06

an object worked on; a result produced by working

07

a damaging piece of work

08

a crime (especially a robbery)

09

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

10

(computer science) a program application that may consist of several steps but is a single logical unit

11

a Jewish hero in the Old Testament who maintained his faith in God in spite of afflictions that tested him

12

any long-suffering person who withstands affliction without despairing

13

a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved

to job
01

invest at a risk

Grammatical Information
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
job
3rd person singular
jobs
Past simple
jobbed
Past participle
jobbed
02

work occasionally

03

profit privately from public office and official business

04

arranged for contracted work to be done by others

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