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Job Meaning: Employment, Task, and Usage (2 meaning)

Meaning 1：employment (job)

job 🔊

/dʒɑːb/

Regular paid work that you do for an employer or to earn money.

employment 🔊

➕

/ɪmˈplɔɪmənt/

Regular paid work that you do for an employer or to earn money.

📁 Category：Social Economy 🔖 Level：intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Root Explanation

From Latin 'gobbo' (a lump/block), referring to a piece of work.

💡 Mnemonic

Think of 'job' as 'Just Over Broke' - but it's the work that keeps you from being broke.

📖 Example

After graduating, she landed a great job at a tech company in Shanghai. 🔊 After graduating, she landed a great job at a tech company in Shanghai.

🔗 Collocations

get a job – to find or secure employment

job offer – a proposal from an employer to give you a job

job market – the demand for and supply of work in an economy

🔄 Synonyms

occupation (n.) – a person's regular work or profession

career (n.) – a long-term series of jobs or profession

position (n.) – a particular job or role in an organization

🚫 Antonyms

unemployment (n.) – state of being without a job

leisure (n.) – free time not spent working

retirement (n.) – state of leaving the workforce permanently

🌱 Derivatives

jobless (adj.) – without a job

jobseeker (n.) – a person who is looking for a job

jobshare (v.) – to divide one job between two or more people

📖 Cultural Story

The word 'job' originated in the 16th century as a term for a small piece of work or task, derived from Latin 'gobbo' (a lump). It evolved to mean regular paid employment, becoming central to modern economic and social life.

Meaning 2：task (job)

job 🔊

/dʒɑːb/

A specific piece of work or a task that needs to be done.

task 🔊

➕

/tæsk/

A specific piece of work or a task that needs to be done.

📁 Category：Behaviors & Actions 🔖 Level：intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Example

Painting the living room was a big weekend job, but it made the house look brand new. 🔊 Painting the living room was a big weekend job, but it made the house look brand new.

🔗 Collocations

do a job – to perform a specific task

odd jobs – various small tasks, especially manual ones

job of work – a piece of work or task (informal)

🔄 Synonyms

task (n.) – a piece of work to be done

chore (n.) – a routine or boring task

assignment (n.) – a task given to someone as part of a job or course of study

🚫 Antonyms

break (n.) – a period of rest from work

leisure (n.) – free time not occupied with tasks

play (n.) – activity engaged in for enjoyment, not work

🌱 Derivatives

jobber (n.) – a person who does a specific type of job, often temporary

jobbie (n.) – a small job (informal, Scottish)

subjob (n.) – a component of a larger job