Synonyms: job
Definition: a damaging piece of work
Usage: dry rot did the job of destroying the barn; the barber did a real job on my hair
Similar words: work
Definition: activity directed toward making or doing something
Usage: she checked several points needing further work
Synonyms: job
Definition: the performance of a piece of work
Usage: she did an outstanding job as Ophelia; he gave it up as a bad job
Similar words: work
Definition: activity directed toward making or doing something
Usage: she checked several points needing further work
Synonyms: business, job, line, line of work, occupation
Definition: the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
Usage: he's not in my line of business
Similar words: activity
Definition: any specific behavior
Usage: they avoided all recreational activity
Synonyms: job
Definition: the responsibility to do something
Usage: it is their job to print the truth
Similar words: obligation, duty, responsibility
Definition: the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force
Usage: 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
Definition: a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
Usage: 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
Similar words: duty
Definition: work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons
Usage: the duties of the job
Definition: a crime (especially a robbery)
Usage: the gang pulled off a bank job in St. Louis
Similar words: robbery
Definition: larceny by threat of violence
Synonyms: job
Definition: a workplace; as in the expression "on the job";
Similar words: work, workplace
Definition: a place where work is done
Usage: he arrived at work early today
Synonyms: job
Definition: an object worked on; a result produced by working
Usage: he held the job in his left hand and worked on it with his right
Similar words: product, production
Definition: an artifact that has been created by someone or some process
Usage: they improve their product every year; they export most of their agricultural production
Synonyms: Book of Job, Job
Definition: a book in the Old Testament containing Job's pleas to God about his afflictions and God's reply
Similar words: book
Definition: a major division of a long written composition
Usage: the book of Isaiah
Synonyms: job
Definition: (computer science) a program application that may consist of several steps but is a single logical unit
Similar words: application, application program, applications programme
Definition: a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task
Usage: he has tried several different word processing applications
Synonyms: Job
Definition: any long-suffering person who withstands affliction without despairing
Similar words: unfortunate, unfortunate person
Definition: a person who suffers misfortune
Synonyms: Job
Definition: a Jewish hero in the Old Testament who maintained his faith in God in spite of afflictions that tested him
Similar words: hero
Definition: a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength
Usage: RAF pilots were the heroes of the Battle of Britain
Definition: a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved
Usage: she and her husband are having problems; it is always a job to contact him; urban problems such as traffic congestion and smog
Similar words: difficulty
Definition: a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome
Usage: grappling with financial difficulties
Definition: invest at a risk
Usage: 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
Synonyms: job
Definition: work occasionally
Usage: As a student I jobbed during the semester breaks
Definition: be employed
Usage: 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
Synonyms: subcontract, job, farm out
Definition: arranged for contracted work to be done by others
Similar words: hire, employ, engage
Definition: engage or hire for work
Usage: They hired two new secretaries in the department; How many people has she employed?
Synonyms: job
Definition: profit privately from public office and official business
Definition: engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud
Usage: Who's chiseling on the side?