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Antonyms for job

Grammar : Noun
Spell : job
Phonetic Transcription : dÊ’É’b

Definition of job

Origin :
  • 1550s, in phrase jobbe of worke "piece of work" (contrasted with continuous labor), of uncertain origin, perhaps a variant of gobbe "mass, lump" (c.1400; see gob) via sense of "a cart-load." Sense of "work done for pay" first recorded 1650s. Thieves' slang sense of "theft, robbery, a planned crime" is from 1722. Printing sense is from 1795. Slang meaning "specimen, thing, person" is from 1927.
  • job. (1) A low mean lucrative busy affair. (2) Petty, piddling work; a piece of chance work. [Johnson's Dictionary]
  • On the job "hard at work" is from 1882. Job lot is from obsolete sense of "cartload, lump," which might also ultimately be from gob. Job security attested by 1954; job description by 1920; job-sharing by 1972.
  • noun employment
  • noun task
Example sentences :
  • He added: "You boys play a game; I'm going to break in Lanning to our job."
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • "I think this job is going to prove worth while," he returned.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • I'd give a thousand dollars, if I had it, to be free of this job.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • That jeweler ought to have my job, 'cause he sure robbed you!
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • Did he give one good piece of advice while we were plannin' the job?
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • It is my part to "keep my job," since if I don't I may find it hard to get another.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • My "job" could not be "swung" by anyone else, since everyone else is essential to the swinging of his own.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • You're so good you would have had Job himself take it coolly.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • The book and the personality of Job have caused much controversy.
  • Extract from : « A Theological-Political Treatise [Part II] » by Benedict of Spinoza
  • Palmer had given him a man's job, and he would stick by it, no matter what came.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Synonyms for job

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