Definitions for Job

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IPA: /dʒɒb/

Job is a 3 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 9 anagrams from letters in Job (bjo).

Definitions for Job

noun

1. a piece of work, especially a specific task done as part of the routine of one's occupation or for an agreed price:
2. a post of employment; full-time or part-time position:
3. anything a person is expected or obliged to do; duty; responsibility:
4. an affair, matter, occurrence, or state of affairs:
5. the material, project, assignment, etc., being worked upon:
6. the process or requirements, details, etc., of working:
7. the execution or performance of a task:
8. Informal. a medical procedure or operation performed to improve the appearance of a specified part of the body (used in combination):
9. Slang. a theft or similar criminal action:
10. a public or official act or decision carried through for the sake of improper private gain.
11. Slang. an example of a specific or distinctive type:
12. Computers. a unit of work for a computer, generally comprising an application program or group of related programs and the data, linkages, and instructions to the operating system needed for running the programs.
13. the central figure in an Old Testament parable of the righteous sufferer.
14. a book of the Bible bearing his name.
15. a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “persecuted.”.

Idioms

1. do a job on, Slang. to destroy, defeat, damage, or confound thoroughly: to deceive, persuade, or charm glibly; snow.
2. on the job, alert; observant:

adjective

1. of or for a particular job or transaction.
2. bought, sold, or handled together:

verb (used with object)

1. to assign or give (work, a contract for work, etc.) in separate portions, as among different contractors or workers (often followed by out):
2. to buy in large quantities, as from wholesalers or manufacturers, and sell to dealers in smaller quantities:
3. to get rid of or dispose of:
4. to swindle or trick (someone):
5. to carry on (public or official business) for improper private gain.

verb (used without object)

1. to work at jobs or odd pieces of work; work by the piece.
2. to do business as a jobber.
3. to turn public business, planning, etc., improperly to private gain.

verb (used with or without object)

1. jab.

Origin of Job

1620-30; 1935-40 for def 15; origin uncertain

Examples for Job

"I think this job is going to prove worth while," he returned.

“I love my job and I love my city and I am committed to the work here,” he said in a statement.

Eric Garcetti succeeded Villaraigosa and has received high marks in his first year and a half on the job.

Did he give one good piece of advice while we were plannin' the job?

However, legal issues are only one of the things standing between an ex-prisoner and a job.

That jeweler ought to have my job, 'cause he sure robbed you!

That officer fretting about his “stance,” we learn, is plagued by PTSD that cripples him both on the job and at home.

I'd give a thousand dollars, if I had it, to be free of this job.

He added: "You boys play a game; I'm going to break in Lanning to our job."

Having a criminal record can reduce the likelihood of getting a callback or job offer by 50 percent.