Job 1 (j b) In the Bible, an upright man whose faith in God survived the test of repeated calamities. [Hebrew 'iyyôb; see  b in Semitic roots.] |
| Job 2 (jb) n. Abbr. Jb See Table at Bible. [After Job.] |
job 1 (j b)n. 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. 3. a. A task that must be done: Washing the windows is not my job. b. A specified duty or responsibility. See Synonyms at task. 4. 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. Idiom: 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. on the job Paying close attention; on the alert. [Perhaps from obsolete jobbe, piece, alteration of Middle English gobbe, lump; see gob1.] |
| job 2 (jb) Archaic tr. & intr.v. jobbed, job·bing, jobs To jab or make a jab. n. 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]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  job - the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he's not in my line of business"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" 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" 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"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" | |
| 3. | job - a workplace; as in the expression "on the job"; | |
| 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"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 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 | |
| 13. | job - a crime (especially a robbery); "the gang pulled off a bank job in St. Louis" robbery - larceny by threat of violence | |
| Verb | 1. | job - profit privately from public office and official business |
| 2. | job - arranged for contracted work to be done by others | |
| 3. | job - work occasionally; "As a student I jobbed during the semester breaks" | |
| 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" 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;
job [dʒɔb] n (= chore, task) → travail m, tâche f (= employment); emploi m, poste m, place f;
just the job! → (c'est) juste or exactement ce qu'il faut!
job [dʒɔb] n → Arbeit f;
a part-time job → eine Teilzeitbeschäftigung;
a full-time job → eine Ganztagsstelle;
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. werk مِهْنَه، وظيفَه работа zaměstnání, práce job; arbejde die Arbeit εργασία trabajo töö شغل työ travail, emploi עֲבוֹדָה काम posao állás; munka pekerjaan starf, atvinna lavoro 職 직업 darbas darbs kerja baan jobb, arbeid praca emprego job, ocupaţie, muncă работа zamestnanie služba zaposlenje jobb การงาน; อาชีพ iş 職業 робота, праця کام، منصب việc làm 职业
2 a piece of work or a task I have several jobs to do before going to bed. taak مُهِمَّه، واجِب задължение úkol ting die Aufgabe δουλειά, καθήκον tarea töö کار tehtävä tâche מְשִׂימָה नौकरी posao dolog tugas verkefni compito 仕事 일 darbas darbs; uzdevums hal taak oppgave, ting zadanie, robota tarefa sarcină задание úloha opravilo radni zadatak arbetsuppgift งาน; ชิ้นงาน iş 工作 робота; завдання کوئی مشغلہ việc 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, vergeefse يَتَوقَّف عن عَملٍ ما لأنه لا يستَحِق отказвам се от нещо, понеже го смятам за загубена работа vzdát to give op, fordi det er umuligt at udføre als aussichtslos aufgeben παρατώ κτ. επειδή δεν αξίζει τον κόπο desistir, dejar algo por imposible lootusetust ettevõtmisest loobuma از چیزی یا کسی ناامید شدن؛ رها کردن lyödä rukkaset pöytään renoncer לְהַפסִיק עֲבוֹדָה בָּאֶמצָע काम छोड़ देना prekinuti posao abbahagy vmit berhenti melakukan gefa (e-ð) upp á bátinn rinunciare 見切りをつける ...을 희망없다고 포기하다 numoti į ką ranka atmest kā kaut ko nevajadzīgu tidak mahu meneruskan usaha lagi ergens mee ophouden oppgi (noe) som håpløst machnąć (na coś ręką) desistir a renunţa махнуть рукой на vzdať to, považovať za beznádejné dvigniti roke od česa loš posao anse ngt som ett hopplöst jobb (en hopplös uppgift) ตัดสินใจและเลิกทำในสิ่งที่คิดว่าไม่คู่ควรที่จะทำหรือไม่สามารถทำได้ vazgeçmek 認為某事無成功希望而放棄 залишити безнадійну справу; пропаще діло کوئی کام بند کر دینا từ 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 حَسَنٌ за късмет dobrá práce heldig; heldigvis ein wahres Glück ευτύχημα menos mal que on vedanud خوش شانسی؛ کار خدا hyvä juttu c'est une chance (que) טוֹב שֶׁכָּך अच्छा काम dobar posao szerencse mujur það er eins gott un bene 好都合 다행스러운 일 gerai lieliski; nav slikti sesuatu yang baik maar goed heldigvis, bra, til all lykke całe szczęście ainda bem o afacere/o treabă bună большая удача dobre sreča dobra okolnost det är tur, ... och gudskelov för det เรื่องที่น่าพึงพอใจ iyiki 幸運事 вдача مطمئن کام công 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 صُعوبَه виждам доста зор mít fušku have svært ved ein schweres Stück Arbeit ζορίζομαι, δυσκολεύομαι costar trabajo on tegemist مشکل داشتن؛ دردسر پیش رو داشتن olla täysi työ avoir du mal (à) לְהִתקָשוֹת ב- मुश्किल होना imati naporan posao nehézsége van mendapat kesulitan erfitt viðfangsefni faticare 一苦労する 어려움을 겪다 turėti vargo būt grūtībām sesuatu yang teruk het moeilijk vinden få et slit, ha sin fulle hyre med namęczyć się ter trabalho a fi în dificultate основательно потрудиться mať fušku namučiti se imati poteškoće göra det bästa av ngt มีอุปสรรค; มีความยากลำบาก zorlanmak 有困難 приходиться поморочитися (з чимось) دشواری کا سامنا کرنا gặp khó khăn 有困难
just the job
entirely suitable These gloves are just the job for gardening. net wat nodig is مُناسِب جدا، ملائِم جدا точно това, което се иска to pravé lige sagen; bare det rigtige genau richtig ό,τι πρέπει, πλήρως κατάλληλος perfecto, estupendo täpselt sobiv درست آن چیزی است که لازم بود juuri sellainen kuin pitää justement ce qu'il faut בְּדִיוּק מָה שֶׁצָריִך पूरी तरह अनुकूल potpuno prikladan ez az! cocok henta fyllilega (quello che proprio ci vuole) ぴったりの 안성맞춤의 것 kaip tik tieši tas, kas vajadzīgs itulah sesuatu yang diperlukan precies wat je moet hebben akkurat passe, nettopp det rette w sam raz ser o certo tocmai bun то, что требуется to, čo práve potrebujem pravšen prava stvar just vad som behövs เหมาะสมอย่างแท้จริง tam istenen/gereken şey 完全合適 це те, що треба; саме враз بالکل مناسب rất 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 neer يَبْذِلُ قُصارى جهده في ظروفٍ صَعْبَه правя най-доброто poradit si v těžké chvíli få det bedste ud af det retten, was zu retten ist κάνω ό,τι μπορώ σε δύσκολες συνθήκες mal tiempo poner a buena cara oma parimat andma کار یا چیز بد و ناخوشایند را تا می شود خوب انجام دادن yrittää parhaansa bon coeur faire contre mauvaise fortune לְנָסוֹת לְהוֹצִיא מָתוֹק מֵעַז प्रतिकूल स्थितियों में यथा संभव प्रयत्न करना učiniti najbolje od lošeg posla próbál vmit kihozni belőle berbuat sebaik-baiknya gera gott úr (fare buon viso a cattiva sorte) なんとか切抜ける 어려운 상황에서 최선을 다하다 padaryti visa, kas galima izdarīt visu iespējamo grūtā situācijā melakukan yang terbaik dalam keadaan yang teruk ergens nog het beste van maken gjøre det beste ut av (noe) robić dobrą minę do złej gry fazer o melhor possível a face tot posibilul не падать духом poradiť si v ťažkej situácii napraviti največ, kar se da izvući najbolje göra det bästa av ngt ทำเรื่องยากให้เป็นเรื่องง่าย elinden geleni yapmak 盡力把損失減到最小 мужньо зносити знегоди پوری کوشش کرنا còn nước còn tát 尽力把损失减到最小
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