Meaning

A task..

Definitions by Sense

1. A task.
2. An economic role for which a person is paid.
3. (in noun compounds) Plastic surgery.
4. (in noun compounds) A sex act.
5. (computing) A task, or series of tasks, carried out in batch mode (especially on a mainframe computer).
6. A public transaction done for private profit; something performed ostensibly as a part of official duty, but really for private gain; a corrupt official business.
7. (informal) A robbery or heist.
8. Any affair or event which affects one, whether fortunately or unfortunately.

Example Sentences

I've got a job for you: could you wash the dishes?

I didn't speak to many coworkers for the first year on the job.

And it's my job to take care of the skanks on the road that you bang.

That surgeon has a great job.

He's been out of a job since being made redundant in January.

Here I am at my new job!

I was looking for a job and then I found a job / And heaven knows I'm miserable now

Policing the relationship between government and business in a free society is difficult. Businesspeople have every right to lobby governments, and civil servants to take jobs in the private sector.

Word Forms

• jobs
• j*b
• jobbing
• jobbed

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When Should You Use Job?

Use job when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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