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job
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- pronunciation:
- jab
- parts of speech:
- noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a specific task or piece of work.
Cleaning out the garage was a big job.The boy next door does jobs for me on the weekends, like mowing the lawn and weeding.- synonyms:
- duty, task
- similar words:
- chore, pursuit, responsibility, service, undertaking, work
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| definition 2: |
a regular position for which a person is paid to perform specified duties.
Working in a florist shop was my first job.He applied for a job at a factory.She quit her job and opened up her own business.
- synonyms:
- employment, position, work
- similar words:
- appointment, billet, business, capacity, labor, line, livelihood, living, occupation, place, role
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| definition 3: |
a duty or responsibility.
It's his job to rake the leaves, not mine.- synonyms:
- duty, responsibility, task
- similar words:
- charge, chore, obligation, place, service
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| definition 4: |
the performance of a particular task in terms of its quality.
Your daughter did a great job on her science project! |
| definition 5: |
(informal) a difficult task.
It was quite a job to convince him to go.- synonyms:
- chore, task
- similar words:
- undertaking
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| definition 6: |
(informal) an operation using plastic surgery, done for the purpose of enhancing appearance.
She's in the hospital getting a nose job. |
| definition 7: |
(informal) an item of a particular, usually specified, type.
You'll need one of those little yellow jobs to hold those bits together. |
| related words: |
assignment, career, detail, errand, function, mission, niche, opening, part, pay, post, project, vocation |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
jobs, jobbing, jobbed |
| definition 1: |
to work at irregular jobs or by the piece.
- similar words:
- subcontract
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| definition 2: |
to buy goods in large quantities and resell them to retail establishments.
- similar words:
- wholesale
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
jobs, jobbing, jobbed |
| definition 1: |
to buy (goods) in large quantities from wholesale merchants and sell to retailers.
- similar words:
- buy, distribute, wholesale
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| definition 2: |
to assign (a job or jobs) to various sub-contractors (often fol. by "out").
Our general contractor jobbed out the plumbing work.- similar words:
- commission, consign, subcontract
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