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# job

«job» in Mova's school dictionary: **the work someone does to earn money: «Her job is a nurse»** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (job, jobs)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A job is the work someone does to earn money: «Her job is a nurse». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/job/#m1)

2) A job is a task or piece of work: «My job is to feed the cat». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/job/#m2)

3) «Good job!» or «well done» says someone did something well. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/job/#m3)

4) «Do the job» means work well enough. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/job/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In school maths: a task done at a rate or for pay; jobs shared among people; pay per job (jobs × pay). In everyday life: jobs at home (chores), classroom jobs like monitor, people's jobs in the community (doctor, firefighter, teacher). Phrases: «a part-time job», «do a good job», «good job!», «odd jobs», «job done».

### examples

- He earns 10 dollars for each job. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/job/#x1)
- The job takes 3 hours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/job/#x2)
- 2 people share the job. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/job/#x3)
- How many jobs does she do in a week? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/job/#x4)
- My mum's job is at the hospital. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/job/#x5)
- It's my job to water the plants. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/job/#x6)
- Good job on your spelling test! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/job/#x7)
- He does odd jobs for the neighbours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/job/#x8)
- The job must wait till the morning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/job/#x9)

### note

Countable: «a job», «jobs» (but «work» is uncountable). Maths: a unit of work; pay per job gives multiplication. Trap: when 2 people share a job, the time or the pay is split.

### In the corpora

- [Job hunting means searching adverts and sending applications, often dozens before getting anywhere; many get no reply at all.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on/5/)
- [A CV is a page or two listing someone's education, jobs and skills; Americans call it a résumé.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on/6/)
- [A job interview is a meeting where an employer asks questions to decide whom to hire; several people usually compete for one job.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on/8/)
- [A promotion is a move up to a more senior job in the same organisation, usually with more responsibility and more pay.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on/10/)
- [Starting a new job means learning new systems, names and rules all at once, so people come home tired.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «job» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/job/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.