Job
English word definition — powered by WordNet
NOUN
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
a workplace
an object worked on
the responsibility to do something
the performance of a piece of work
a damaging piece of work
a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved
a Jewish hero in the Old Testament who maintained his faith in God in spite of afflictions that tested him
any long-suffering person who withstands affliction without despairing
(computer science) a program application that may consist of several steps but is a single logical unit
a book in the Old Testament containing Job's pleas to God about his afflictions and God's reply
a crime (especially a robbery)
VERB
profit privately from public office and official business
arranged for contracted work to be done by others
work occasionally
invest at a risk
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