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The worst job I ever had was an office job that I had for six years, and that's nothing against the people who I was surrounded by, because they were wonderful people.
Kumail Nanjiani

Meaning of "office job" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OFFICE JOB

office job  [ˈɒfɪs dʒɒb] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OFFICE JOB

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Office job is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES OFFICE JOB MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of office job in the English dictionary

The definition of office job in the dictionary is a job based in an office, for example clerical or administrative work for an organization.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OFFICE JOB


bob-a-job
ˌbɒbəˈdʒɒb
handjob
ˈhændˌdʒɒb
hob-job
ˈhɒbˌdʒɒb
job
dʒɒb
McJob
məkˈdʒɒb
off-the-job
ˌɒfðəˈdʒɒb
on-the-job
ˌɒnðəˈdʒɒb

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OFFICE JOB

office
office automation
office bearer
office block
office boy
office hours
office junior
office manager
Office of Fair Trading
Office of Management and Budget
office party
office politics
office space
office work
office worker
officeholder
officer
officer of arms
officer of the day
officer of the guard

WORDS THAT END LIKE OFFICE JOB

blow job
boob job
day job
dead-end job
don´t give up the day job
executive job
eye job
hatchet job
holiday job
inside job
joe job
just the job
nose job
on the job
put-up job
rush job
scissors-and-paste job
snow job
summer job
teaching job

Synonyms and antonyms of office job in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «office job» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OFFICE JOB

Find out the translation of office job to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of office job from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «office job» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

办公室工作
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

trabajo de oficina
570 millions of speakers

English

office job
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कार्यालय के काम
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

وظيفة مكتبية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

офис работа
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

trabalho de escritório
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অফিসের কাজ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

travail de bureau
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kerja pejabat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Stelle im Büro
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

事務仕事
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

사무실 작업
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kantor proyek
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

công việc văn phòng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அலுவலக வேலை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कार्यालय नोकरी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ofis işi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lavoro d´ufficio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

urząd pracy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

офіс робота
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

de locuri de muncă de birou
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δουλειά γραφείου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kantoor werk
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kontorsjobb
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kontorjobb
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of office job

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OFFICE JOB»

The term «office job» is regularly used and occupies the 95.472 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OFFICE JOB» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about office job

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3 QUOTES WITH «OFFICE JOB»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word office job.
1
Karen Abbott
I had spent five years not earning a penny, getting rejected. Thank God I had a husband who was supportive and encouraging. But I still said to myself, 'If the Everleighs doesn't sell, I'm finished with writing forever.' I was going to get an office job.
2
Jakaya Kikwete
The presidency is not an office job.
3
Kumail Nanjiani
The worst job I ever had was an office job that I had for six years, and that's nothing against the people who I was surrounded by, because they were wonderful people.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OFFICE JOB»

Discover the use of office job in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to office job and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1977: July-December
Freeman, Bosa and Arnold, the legal secretary: an office job simulation; employer's manual. By Harriett Mcintosh 6 Clyde Belter. 86 p. Add. ti: Employer's manual for Freeman, Bosa, and Arnold, the legal secretary: an office job simulation.
Library of Congress. Copyright Office, 1979
2
Why Cities Change: Urban Development and Economic Change in ...
At a metropolitan scale, this trend was undoubtedly a contributor to the recent acceleration of office job dispersal (Figures 3.2 and 3.3). While all central and inner LGAs recorded employment growth in the 1960s, all except those on the North ...
Richard V. Cardew, John V. Langdale, David C. Rich, 1982
3
Office Organisation And Management
Office job is an art. An art refers to a performance aspect requiring a certain skill and so is an office job. It is a place where several staff and clerks are engaged to perform various jobs such as recording, filing, accounting, communicating, typing  ...
M.E. Thukaram Rao, 2000
4
1990 Census of Population and Housing: History
... manual (self-enumerating places) Manual for self enumerating places (group quarters) Enumerator instructions (outlying areas of Alaska) District office personnel and payroll manual (type 1 office) Job aid: personnel and payroll clerk District ...
‎1993
5
Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board
He also testified that on August 6, he specifically warned Lloyd that he was dissatisfied with the pace on the post office job and asked him to tell Moore that if greater productivity was not achieved, he would "make changes down there." (Tr. 411 ...
United States. National Labor Relations Board, 1987
6
The Job Training Charade
U.S. General Accounting Office, Job Training Partnership Act: Inadequate Oversight Leaves Program Vulnerable to Waste, Abuse, and Mismanagement ( Washington, D.C.: U.S. General Accounting Office, 1991), 26-27. See also U.S. ...
Gordon Lafer, 2002
7
Classic Lateral Thinking Puzzles
THE OFFICE JOB A man applied for a job in an office. When he arrived at the busy, noisy office he was told by the receptionist to fill out a form and wait until he was called. He completed the form and then sat and waited along with four other  ...
Edward J. Harshman, Des MacHale, Paul Sloane, 2003
8
Working Mother
"If someone offered me a nine-to- five office job, I couldn't do it," she says. "I wouldn't want to give up the opportunities I have to spend time with my children. This is the perfect job for me, because my first priority is to be an involved mom.
9
Job Hunting.
All you know about the actual job is that it is an office job with reception duties - and clerical work. This probably means duties like answering the phone, greeting visitors, filing and general administration jobs. It could involve some work with ...
Prolit, 2004
10
Employment for Individuals with Asperger Syndrome Or ...
"You have a bad attitude," Thor said. One day, I went to see Thor, and he was holding the help-wanted section from the Sunday newspaper. He read an advertisement to me for some sort of office job. I told him that I could read the help -wanted ...
Yvona Fast, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OFFICE JOB»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term office job is used in the context of the following news items.
1
David Climer: Would Peyton Manning want a Titans' front-office job?
When Manning was a free agent in 2012, Bud was so determined to see him in a Titans uniform that he even floated the possibility of a future ... «Knoxville News Sentinel, Jul 15»
2
Heartbroken family of Lesley Symons pay tribute after her life was …
The 32-year-old was an inspiration to others after taking her redundancy money form her mundane office job in Newcastle to head for the ... «ChronicleLive, Jul 15»
3
Farmers feeling pinch push cut in property tax
He said his wife, who is 66, would like to retire from her office job in Lincoln, but the farm needs the income. Hollman said he needs a new ... «Lexington Clipper Herald, Jul 15»
4
Why City workers are turning their attention to the charms of …
"The idea of leaving an office job and starting my own brewery became more and more enamouring,” he says. With their experience spanning ... «City A.M., Jul 15»
5
Noah Van Sciver Gets Laughs at Expense of Drunk Writers in Fante …
They can't get an office job, so they're going to be a waiter or a bartender. Anything that happens in their life, they're going to have to take care ... «Paste Magazine, Jul 15»
6
Union target Borrell passes on front-office job
Rodolfo Borrell, seen coaching the Liverpool reserve team in 2011, turned down an offer to become the Philadelphia Union's director of soccer ... «The Delaware County Daily Times, Jul 15»
7
Architecture grad builds home office out of 8500 beer bottles
He isn't interested in a conventional office job, telling China News Service: There is no creativity in those places. It's a waste of life. Whether I ... «Treehugger, Jul 15»
8
After 25 years, Syracuse is no longer U.S. headquarters for Italy's …
Nancy Radke recalled winning the U.S. office job -- which didn't yet exist -- by "being a pain in the neck" with the folks at the cheese consortium. «Syracuse.com, Jul 15»
9
Meadowthorpe Elementary principal leaving for Central Office job
Joel Katte said he is leaving his job as principal of Lexington's Meadowthorpe Elementary. Katte said he is taking a Central Office post, but not ... «Lexington Herald Leader, Jul 15»
10
Ex-Yankees slugger Hideki Matsui is playing in a New York rec league
Matsui *is* a professional in New York (he has a front-office job with the Yankees) and he's obviously from Japan, so he fits in great. He's just a ... «Yahoo Sports, Jul 15»

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