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Job¹ (j

In the Bible, an upright man whose faith in God survived the test of repeated calamities.

[Hebrew 'iyyôb; see b in Semitic roots.]

job¹ (j

1. A regular activity performed in exchange for payment, especially as one's trade, occupation, or profession.

2. A position in which one is employed.

a. A task that must be done: Washing the windows is not my job.

b. A specified duty or responsibility. See Synonyms at task.

a. A specific piece of work to be done for a set fee: an expensive repair job.

b. The object to be worked on.

c. Something resulting from or produced by work.

5. Computer Science A program application that may consist of several steps but is performed as a single logical unit.

6. Informal A difficult or strenuous task: It was a real job to convince them to drop the charges.

7. Informal A bad or unsatisfactory piece of work: The stylist did a real job on my hair.

8. Informal A state of affairs: Their marriage was a bad job from the start. It's a good job that we left early to avoid the traffic.

9. Informal A criminal act, especially a robbery: a bank job.

10. Informal An example of a specified type, especially of something made or constructed. Often used in combination: a new building that is just another glass and steel job; a cowboy hat that is one of those ten-gallon jobs.

v. jobbed, job·bing, jobs

v.intr.

1. To work at odd jobs.

2. To work by the piece.

3. To act as a jobber.

v.tr.

1. To purchase (merchandise) from manufacturers and sell it to retailers.

2. To arrange for (contracted work) to be done in portions by others; subcontract.

3. To transact (official business) dishonestly for private profit.

Idiom:

on the job

Paying close attention; on the alert.

[Perhaps from obsolete jobbe, piece, alteration of Middle English gobbe, lump; see gob¹.]

job² (j

b) Archaic

tr. & intr.v. jobbed, job·bing, jobs

To jab or make a jab.

A jab.

[Middle English jobben, of imitative origin.]

job

Noun

1. a person's occupation or paid employment

2. a piece of work; task

3. the performance of a task: he made a good job of the repair

4. Informal a difficult task: they are having a job to fill his shoes

5. Brit, Austral & NZ informal a crime, esp. a robbery

6. just the job Informal exactly what is required

7. make the best of a bad job to cope as well as possible in unsatisfactory circumstances [origin unknown]

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Noun	1.	job - the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he's not in my line of business" line of work, occupation, business, line activity - any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity" confectionery - the occupation and skills of a confectioner sport - the occupation of athletes who compete for pay farming, land - agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life; "farming is a strenuous life"; "there's no work on the land any more" biz, game - your occupation or line of work; "he's in the plumbing game"; "she's in show biz" calling, career, vocation - the particular occupation for which you are trained employment, work - the occupation for which you are paid; "he is looking for employment"; "a lot of people are out of work" appointment - the job to which you are (or hope to be) appointed; "he applied for an appointment in the treasury" berth, billet, post, situation, position, office, place, spot - a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury" salt mine, treadmill - a job involving drudgery and confinement craft, trade - the skilled practice of a practical occupation; "he learned his trade as an apprentice" profession - an occupation requiring special education (especially in the liberal arts or sciences) metier, medium - an occupation for which you are especially well suited; "in law he found his true metier" accountancy, accounting - the occupation of maintaining and auditing records and preparing financial reports for a business photography - the occupation of taking and printing photographs or making movies catering - providing food and services
	2.	job - 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" chore, task duty - work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons; "the duties of the job" ball-breaker, ball-buster - a job or situation that is demanding and arduous and punishing; "Vietnam was a ball-breaker" stint - an individual's prescribed share of work; "her stint as a lifeguard exhausted her" scut work, shitwork - trivial, unrewarding, tedious, dirty, and disagreeable chores; "the hospital hired him to do scut work"
	3.	job - a workplace; as in the expression "on the job"; workplace, work - a place where work is done; "he arrived at work early today"
	4.	job - an object worked on; a result produced by working; "he held the job in his left hand and worked on it with his right" product, production - an artifact that has been created by someone or some process; "they improve their product every year"; "they export most of their agricultural production"
	5.	job - the responsibility to do something; "it is their job to print the truth" duty, obligation, responsibility - the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force; "we must instill a sense of duty in our children"; "every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty"- John D.Rockefeller Jr
	6.	job - the performance of a piece of work; "she did an outstanding job as Ophelia"; "he gave it up as a bad job" work - activity directed toward making or doing something; "she checked several points needing further work"
	7.	job - a damaging piece of work; "dry rot did the job of destroying the barn"; "the barber did a real job on my hair" work - activity directed toward making or doing something; "she checked several points needing further work"
	8.	job - 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" problem difficulty - a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome; "grappling with financial difficulties" race problem - a social and political problem caused by conflict between races occupying the same or adjacent regions balance-of-payments problem - an economic problem caused by payments for imports being greater than receipts for exports
	9.	Job - a Jewish hero in the Old Testament who maintained his faith in God in spite of afflictions that tested him
	10.	Job - any long-suffering person who withstands affliction without despairing unfortunate, unfortunate person - a person who suffers misfortune
	11.	job - (computer science) a program application that may consist of several steps but is a single logical unit computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures application program, applications programme, application - a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task; "he has tried several different word processing applications"
	12.	Job - a book in the Old Testament containing Job's pleas to God about his afflictions and God's reply Book of Job Old Testament - the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible Hagiographa, Ketubim, Writings - the third of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures
	13.	job - a crime (especially a robbery); "the gang pulled off a bank job in St. Louis" caper robbery - larceny by threat of violence
Verb	1.	job - profit privately from public office and official business chisel, cheat - engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud; "Who's chiseling on the side?"
	2.	job - arranged for contracted work to be done by others farm out, subcontract hire, employ, engage - engage or hire for work; "They hired two new secretaries in the department"; "How many people has she employed?"
	3.	job - work occasionally; "As a student I jobbed during the semester breaks" do work, work - be employed; "Is your husband working again?"; "My wife never worked"; "Do you want to work after the age of 60?"; "She never did any work because she inherited a lot of money"; "She works as a waitress to put herself through college"
	4.	job - 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" speculate invest, commit, put, place - make an investment; "Put money into bonds" bull - try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying

job

noun 1. position, post, function, capacity, work, posting, calling, place, business, office, trade, field, career, situation, activity, employment, appointment, craft, profession, occupation, placement, vocation, livelihood, métier

noun 2. task, concern, duty, charge, work, business, role, operation, affair, responsibility, function, contribution, venture, enterprise, undertaking, pursuit, assignment, stint, chore, errand

Translations

job [dʒɔb] n → trabajo (= task); tarea (= duty); deber m (= post); empleo;

(col) (= difficulty); dificultad f;

it's a good job that... → menos mal que...;

just the job! → ¡justo lo que necesito!;

a part-time/full-time job → un trabajo a tiempo parcial/tiempo completo;

that's not my job → eso no me incumbe or toca a mí;

he's only doing his job → está cumpliendo nada más

job [dʒɔb] n (= chore, task) → travail m, tâche f (= employment); emploi m, poste m, place f;

a part-time/full-time job → un emploi à temps partiel/à plein temps;

he's only doing his job → il fait son boulot;

it's a good job that ... → c'est heureux or c'est une chance que ... + sub;

just the job! → (c'est) juste or exactement ce qu'il faut!

job [dʒɔb] n → Arbeit f;

(post, employment) → Stelle f, Job m;

it's not my job → es ist nicht meine Aufgabe;

a part-time job → eine Teilzeitbeschäftigung;

a full-time job → eine Ganztagsstelle;

he's only doing his job → er tut nur seine Pflicht;

it's a good job that ... → nur gut, dass ...;

just the job! → genau das Richtige!

job [dʒɔb] n → lavoro (= employment); impiego, posto;

a part-time/full-time job → un lavoro a mezza giornata/a tempo pieno;

that's not my job → non è compito mio;

he's only doing his job → non fa che il suo dovere;

it's a good job that ... → meno male che ...;

just the job! → proprio quello che ci vuole!

job

n job [dʒob]

1 a person's daily work or employment She has a job as a bank-clerk; Some of the unemployed men have been out of a job for four years.werkمِهْنَه، وظيفَهработаzaměstnání, prácejob; arbejdedie Arbeitεργασίαtrabajotööشغلtyötravail, emploiעֲבוֹדָהकामposaoállás; munkapekerjaanstarf, atvinnalavoro職직업darbasdarbskerjabaanjobb, arbeidpracaempregojob, ocupaţie, muncăработаzamestnanieslužbazaposlenjejobbการงาน; อาชีพiş職業робота, працяکام، منصبviệc làm职业

2 a piece of work or a task I have several jobs to do before going to bed.taakمُهِمَّه، واجِبзадължениеúkoltingdie Aufgabeδουλειά, καθήκονtareatööکارtehtävätâcheמְשִׂימָהनौकरीposaodologtugasverkefnicompito仕事일darbasdarbs; uzdevumshaltaakoppgave, tingzadanie, robotatarefasarcinăзаданиеúlohaopraviloradni zadatakarbetsuppgiftงาน; ชิ้นงานiş工作робота; завданняکوئی مشغلہviệc工作

give up as a bad job

to decide that (something) is not worth doing, or impossible to do, and so stop doing it. slegte werk, vergeefseيَتَوقَّف عن عَملٍ ما لأنه لا يستَحِقотказвам се от нещо, понеже го смятам за загубена работаvzdát togive op, fordi det er umuligt at udføreals aussichtslos aufgebenπαρατώ κτ. επειδή δεν αξίζει τον κόποdesistir, dejar algo por imposiblelootusetust ettevõtmisest loobumaاز چیزی یا کسی ناامید شدن؛ رها کردنlyödä rukkaset pöytäänrenoncerלְהַפסִיק עֲבוֹדָה בָּאֶמצָעकाम छोड़ देनाprekinuti posaoabbahagy vmitberhenti melakukangefa (e-ð) upp á bátinnrinunciare見切りをつける...을 희망없다고 포기하다numoti į ką rankaatmest kā kaut ko nevajadzīgutidak mahu meneruskan usaha lagiergens mee ophoudenoppgi (noe) som håpløstmachnąć (na coś ręką)desistira renunţaмахнуть рукой наvzdať to, považovať za beznádejnédvigniti roke od česaloš posaoanse ngt som ett hopplöst jobb (en hopplös uppgift)ตัดสินใจและเลิกทำในสิ่งที่คิดว่าไม่คู่ควรที่จะทำหรือไม่สามารถทำได้vazgeçmek認為某事無成功希望而放棄залишити безнадійну справу; пропаще ділоکوئی کام بند کر دیناtừ chối làm gì认为某事无成功希望而放弃

a good job

a lucky or satisfactory state of affairs It's a good job that she can't hear what you're saying; He has lost his trumpet, and a good job too!dit is 'n goeie ding dat -, dit is 'n geluk dat -, dit is ook maar goed dat -شيءٌ حَسَنٌза късметdobrá práceheldig; heldigvisein wahres Glückευτύχημαmenos mal queon vedanudخوش شانسی؛ کار خداhyvä juttuc'est une chance (que)טוֹב שֶׁכָּךअच्छा कामdobar posaoszerencsemujurþað er eins gottun bene好都合다행스러운 일gerailieliski; nav sliktisesuatu yang baikmaar goedheldigvis, bra, til all lykkecałe szczęścieainda bemo afacere/o treabă bunăбольшая удачаdobresrečadobra okolnostdet är tur, ... och gudskelov för detเรื่องที่น่าพึงพอใจiyiki幸運事вдачаمطمئن کامcông việc tốt幸运事

have a job

to have difficulty You'll have a job finishing all this work tonight.hy het sy hande vol om te -تَكون لديهِ صُعوبَهвиждам доста зорmít fuškuhave svært vedein schweres Stück Arbeitζορίζομαι, δυσκολεύομαιcostar trabajoon tegemistمشکل داشتن؛ دردسر پیش رو داشتنolla täysi työavoir du mal (à)לְהִתקָשוֹת ב-मुश्किल होनाimati naporan posaonehézsége vanmendapat kesulitanerfitt viðfangsefnifaticare一苦労する어려움을 겪다turėti vargobūt grūtībāmsesuatu yang terukhet moeilijk vindenfå et slit, ha sin fulle hyre mednamęczyć sięter trabalhoa fi în dificultateосновательно потрудитьсяmať fuškunamučiti seimati poteškoćegöra det bästa av ngtมีอุปสรรค; มีความยากลำบากzorlanmak有困難приходиться поморочитися (з чимось)دشواری کا سامنا کرناgặp khó khăn有困难

just the job

entirely suitable These gloves are just the job for gardening.net wat nodig isمُناسِب جدا، ملائِم جداточно това, което се искаto pravélige sagen; bare det rigtigegenau richtigό,τι πρέπει, πλήρως κατάλληλοςperfecto, estupendotäpselt sobivدرست آن چیزی است که لازم بودjuuri sellainen kuin pitääjustement ce qu'il fautבְּדִיוּק מָה שֶׁצָריִךपूरी त‍रह अनुकूलpotpuno prikladanez az!cocokhenta fyllilega(proprio quello che ci vuole)ぴったりの안성맞춤의 것kaip tiktieši tas, kas vajadzīgsitulah sesuatu yang diperlukanprecies wat je moet hebbenakkurat passe, nettopp det rettew sam razser o certotocmai bunто, что требуетсяto, čo práve potrebujempravšenprava stvarjust vad som behövsเหมาะสมอย่างแท้จริงtam istenen/gereken şey完全合適це те, що треба; саме вразبالکل مناسبrất thích hợp完全合适

make the best of a bad job

to do one's best in difficult circumstances. hy skik hom daarin, hy skik hom in die onaangename, hy neem dit vir lief, hy versoen hom daarmee, hy lê hom daarby neerيَبْذِلُ قُصارى جهده في ظروفٍ صَعْبَهправя най-добротоporadit si v těžké chvílifå det bedste ud af detretten, was zu retten istκάνω ό,τι μπορώ σε δύσκολες συνθήκεςponer a mal tiempo buena caraoma parimat andmaکار یا چیز بد و ناخوشایند را تا می شود خوب انجام دادنyrittää parhaansafaire contre mauvaise fortune bon coeurלְנָסוֹת לְהוֹצִיא מָתוֹק מֵעַזप्रतिकूल स्थितियों में यथा संभव प्रयत्न करनाučiniti najbolje od lošeg poslapróbál vmit kihozni belőleberbuat sebaik-baiknyagera gott úr(fare buon viso a cattiva sorte)なんとか切抜ける어려운 상황에서 최선을 다하다padaryti visa, kas galimaizdarīt visu iespējamo grūtā situācijāmelakukan yang terbaik dalam keadaan yang terukergens nog het beste van makengjøre det beste ut av (noe)robić dobrą minę do złej gryfazer o melhor possívela face tot posibilulне падать духомporadiť si v ťažkej situáciinapraviti največ, kar se daizvući najboljegöra det bästa av ngtทำเรื่องยากให้เป็นเรื่องง่ายelinden geleni yapmak盡力把損失減到最小мужньо зносити знегодиپوری کوشش کرناcòn nước còn tát尽力把损失减到最小

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