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job
a damaging piece of work
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noun
a damaging piece of work
“dry rot did the job of destroying the barn”
noun
the performance of a piece of work
“she did an outstanding job as Ophelia”
noun
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
“he's not in my line of business”
noun
the responsibility to do something
“it is their job to print the truth”
noun
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”
noun
a crime (especially a robbery)
“the gang pulled off a bank job in St. Louis”
noun
a workplace; as in the expression ‘on the job’
noun
an object worked on; a result produced by working
“he held the job in his left hand and worked on it with his right”
noun
(computer science) a program application that may consist of several steps but is a single logical unit
noun
a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved
“she and her husband are having problems”
verb
invest at a risk
“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”
verb
work occasionally
“As a student I jobbed during the semester breaks”
verb
arranged for contracted work to be done by others
verb
profit privately from public office and official business
In context
Example Sentences
dry rot did the job of destroying the barn
the barber did a real job on my hair
she did an outstanding job as Ophelia
he gave it up as a bad job
he's not in my line of business
it is their job to print the truth
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
the gang pulled off a bank job in St. Louis
he held the job in his left hand and worked on it with his right
she and her husband are having problems
it is always a job to contact him
urban problems such as traffic congestion and smog
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
As a student I jobbed during the semester breaks
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