job

A2 · Elementary Countable noun

n. a particular piece of work that you have to do.

n. a specific piece of work or a task to be done, often as part of a larger project.

“I have a few jobs to do around the house before the guests arrive.”

“The manager assigned the most difficult jobs to the senior technicians to ensure the repairs were completed correctly.”

B2 · Upper Intermediate Countable noun Computing Technical

n. a set of instructions or a program that a computer processes at one time.

n. a unit of work or a collection of tasks processed by a computer system, particularly in batch processing environments.

“The print job was stuck in the queue for twenty minutes.”

“The system administrator scheduled the data backup job to run automatically at midnight when server traffic was at its lowest.”

B2 · Upper Intermediate Countable noun Informal

n. a crime, especially a robbery.

n. a criminal act, specifically a planned robbery or heist.

“The police believe the bank job was planned for months.”

“The gang spent weeks scouting the jewellery store before attempting the high-stakes job.”

C1 · Advanced Countable noun Informal · British English

n. a word used for an object when you cannot remember its name.

n. a placeholder name for an object or device whose specific name is forgotten or unknown.

“Pass me that plastic job for opening the jars.”

“He was using one of those fancy electronic jobs to measure the distance between the walls.”

C2 · Proficiency Formal

v. to do small pieces of work for different people rather than having one regular job.

v. to work at various odd jobs or to subcontract work in small portions.

“He spent the summer jobbing for various local builders.”

“The firm decided to job out the electrical components of the project to a specialised local contractor.”