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- Job
- [ʤəυb]
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- 1. a Jewish patriarch, who maintained his faith in God in spite of the afflictions sent by God to test him
- 2.
the book containing Job's pleas to God under these afflictions, attempted explanations of them by his friends, and God's reply to him
- 3. any person who withstands great suffering without despairing
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- job
- [ʤɒb]
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- 1. an individual piece of work or task
- 2. an occupation; post of employment
- 3. an object worked on or a result produced from working
- 4. a duty or responsibility
- 5. a difficult task or problem
- 6. a state of affairs
- 7. a damaging piece of work
- 8. a crime, esp a robbery or burglary
- 9. an article or specimen
- 10.
an instance of jobbery
- 11. a unit of work for a computer consisting of a single complete task submitted by a user
- 12.
to work by the piece or at casual jobs
- 13. to make a private profit out of (a...
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Examples (1-5 of 111)
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to abandon a job
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he advanced rapidly in his job
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to advertise a job
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five hours were allowed to do the job
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a job requiring application
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