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1. job
   [n] - a Jewish hero in the Old Testament who maintained his faith in God in spite of afflictions that tested him 2. [n] - any long-suffering person who withstands affliction without despairing 3. [n] - (computer science) a program application that may consist of several steps but is a...
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2. Job
   (lived c. 5th century BC) In the Old Testament, Hebrew leader who in the Book of Job questioned God's infliction of suffering on the righteous while enduring great sufferings himself. Although Job comes to no final...
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3. job
   a unit of work that is defined by a user and that is to be accomplished by a computer Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers) • all the work carried out by a worker or a group of workers in the completion of their prescribed duties,as summarised under a single designation Category: Law
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4. Job
   Job (jŏb) noun [ Prov. English job , gob , noun , a small piece of wood, v., to stab, strike; confer English gob , gobbet ; perhaps influenced by English chop to cut off, to mince. See <...
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5. Job
   Job (jŏb) transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Jobbed (jŏbd); present participle & verbal noun Jobbing .] 1. To strike or stab with a pointed instrument. ...
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6. Job
   Job intransitive verb 1. To do chance work for hire; to work by the piece; to do petty work. « Authors of all work, to job for the season.» Moore. 2. To seek private gain under pretense of public service; to ...
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7. Job
   Job (jōb) noun The hero of the book of that name in the Old Testament; the typical patient man. Job's comforter . (a) A false friend; a tactless or malicious person who, under pretense of sympathy, insinuates rebukes. (...
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8. job
   1. A sudden thrust or stab; a jab. ... 2. A piece of chance or occasional work; any definite work undertaken in gross for a fixed price; as, he did the job for a thousand dollars. ... 3. A public transaction done for private profit; something performed ostensibly as a part of official duty, but real...
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9. Job
   Book of Job noun a book in the Old Testament containing Job`s pleas to God about his afflictions and God`s reply
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10. job
    noun a workplace; as in the expression `on the job`;
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11. job
    verb work occasionally; `As a student I jobbed during the semester breaks`
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12. job
    chore noun a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee; `estimates of the city`s loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars`; `the job of repairing the engine took...
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13. Job
    • (n.) A piece of chance or occasional work; any definite work undertaken in gross for a fixed price; as, he did the job for a thousand dollars. • (v. t.) To do or cause to be done by separate portions or lots; to sublet (work); as, to job a contract. • (v. t.) To thrust in, as a poin...
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14. Job
    (from the article `biblical literature`) ...prose form. The book falls into five sections: a prologue (chapters 1 and 2); the dialogue between Job and his friends (3–31); the speeches of ... [3 related articles]
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15. Job
    (from the article `Eben Fardd`) His best-known poems include Dinystr Jerusalem (`Destruction of Jerusalem`), an ode that won the prize at the Welshpool eisteddfod (1824); Job, which ...
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16. Job
    Job is a Hebrew boy name. The meaning of the name is `Persecuted, Afflicted` Where is it used? The name Job is mainly used In the bible.See also In English: Joby (M) The name Job doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Job seems to be unique!
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17. Job
    [Osacky] Archbishop Job (Osacky) of Chicago (March 18, 1946 – December 18, 2009) was the archbishop of the Orthodox Church in America`s Diocese of the Midwest until his unexpected death. His territory included Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Ne...
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18. Job
    Job is the hero of an ancient Hebrew poem, which forms one of the books of the Old Testament. The poem tells of Job, an upright man, with a family of seven sons and three daughters, with large herds and numerous servants, who is suddenly, with the permission of Jehovah and by the agency of Satan, de...
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19. JOB
    [rolling papers] ` rolling papers are a popular brand of cigarette paper produced by Republic Tobacco in Perpignan, France. In 1838, a French craftsman named Jean Bardou came up with the idea for a booklet of rolling papers made of thin, pure rice paper. The booklets were a success and Bardo...
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20. Job
    Job is slang for a crime.
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21. Job
    Job is slang for a crime.
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22. Job
    [biblical figure] Job (b; {Hebrew Name|אִיּוֹב|Iyyov|{{unicode|ʾIyyôḇ}}}, أيّوب Ayyūb}}) is the central character of the Book of Job in the Hebrew Bible. Job is listed as a prophet of God in the Qur`an. == Book of Job == The Book of Job begins with an introduction to Job`s c...
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23. Job
    [professional wrestling] In professional wrestling slang, the term job describes a losing performance in a wrestling match. It is derived from the euphemism "doing one`s job", which was employed to protect kayfabe. The term can be used a number of ways. When a wrestler is booked, or scripted...
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24. job
    (operating system) All activities involved in completing any project on a computer from start to finish. A job may involve several processes and several programs. This term originates from a time when a user would manually submit a job as a deck of punched cards which would typically include source...
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25. Job
    Job (jōb) , book of the Bible. The book is of unknown authorship and date, although many scholars assign it to a time between 600 B.C. and 400 B.C. A lament in narrative form, the subject is the problem of good and evil in the world: “Why do the just suffer and the wicked flourish?”...
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