Job (Noun)
Meaning 1
A book in the Old Testament containing Job's pleas to God about his afflictions and God's reply.
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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
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Meaning 2
The principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he's not in my line of business".
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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Meaning 3
A damaging piece of work; "dry rot did the job of destroying the barn"; "the barber did a real job on my hair".
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Meaning 4
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".
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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Meaning 5
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".
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Nouns denoting natural processes.
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Meaning 6
(computer science) a program application that may consist of several steps but is a single logical unit.
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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
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Meaning 7
Any long-suffering person who withstands affliction without despairing.
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Nouns denoting people.
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Meaning 8
An object worked on; a result produced by working; "he held the job in his left hand and worked on it with his right".
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Nouns denoting man-made objects.
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Meaning 9
The performance of a piece of work; "she did an outstanding job as Ophelia"; "he gave it up as a bad job".
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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Meaning 10
A workplace; as in the expression `on the job'.
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Nouns denoting man-made objects.
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Meaning 11
A crime (especially a robbery); "the gang pulled off a bank job in St. Louis".
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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Meaning 12
The responsibility to do something; "it is their job to print the truth".
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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Meaning 13
A Jewish hero in the Old Testament who maintained his faith in God in spite of afflictions that tested him.
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Nouns denoting people.