Job | Mean of job in English Dictionary

/ˈʤɑːb/

• Noun
• the work that a person does regularly in order to earn money
1. He took/got a job as a waiter.
2. She has a high-paying job on Wall Street.
3. She's trying to get/land/find a job in New York.
4. The new factory will create thousands of jobs.
5. They offered him the job but he turned it down.
6. a part-time/full-time job
7. a job interview/offer/description
8. job-hunting
9. job-hunters
10. My teenage son is looking for a summer job. [=a job for the summer only]
11. If the restaurant closes, she'll lose her job. = If the restaurant closes, she'll be out of a job. [=she will no longer have a job]
12. Although he plays music at night, he hasn't been able to give up his day job. [=the regular job that he does during the day]
13. You shouldn't blame her for what happened. She was just/only doing her job. [=she was doing things that her job requires her to do]
14. We wouldn't be having these problems if everyone had just done their job/jobs. [=if everyone had properly done the work they were supposed to do]
• a duty, task, or function that someone or something has
1. It was your job to mow the lawn. = You had the job of mowing the lawn.
2. The blood's job is to carry oxygen to the different parts of the body.
3. When I asked her to clean up the mess, she said, “That's not my job.” [=I'm not supposed to do that]
4. Construction of the bridge turned out to be a bigger job than they had expected.
5. a small job
6. It's a dirty job, but someone has to do it.
7. The computer was processing a print job. [=the computer was printing a document or file]
8. The car needs a brake/valve job. [=the car needs to have its brakes/valves repaired]
9. He does odd jobs around the farm.
• something that requires very great effort
1. It was a real job to talk over all that noise.

• a thing of some kind
1. I bought one of those little quilted jobs [=items, numbers] at the craft fair.
• a criminal act such as robbery
1. They've finally caught the gang that pulled the bank job. [=the gang that robbed the bank]
2. Police suspect that the bank robbery may have been an inside job. [=that the bank robbery was done by or with the help of someone who works in the bank]
• to damage (something or someone) badly
1. The collision really did a job on their car.
2. Moving all that furniture did a job on my back.
• to achieve a desired result
1. The new system isn't working yet, but a few more adjustments ought to do the job. [=do the trick]
• while working on a job
1. He was injured on the job.
2. New employees are given on-the-job training.
• having sex
1. They were in the back room, on the job.