job-hunt

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [job huhnt]
- /dʒɒb hʌnt/
- /dʒɒb hʌnt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [job huhnt]
- /dʒɒb hʌnt/

Definition of job-hunt word

verb without object job-hunt to seek employment; look for a job. 1

Just one definition for job-hunt

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Origin of job-hunt

First appearance:

before 1945

One of the 6% newest English words

First recorded in 1945-50

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Parts of speech for Job-hunt

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Job-hunt

job-hunt popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 43% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 67% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

Synonyms for job-hunt

noun job-hunt

bidder — A bidder is someone who offers to pay a certain amount of money for something that is being sold. If you sell something to the highest bidder, you sell it to the person who offers the most money for it.
candidate — A candidate is someone who is being considered for a position, for example someone who is running in an election or applying for a job.
favorite son — (at a national political convention) a candidate nominated for office by delegates from his or her own state.
handshaker — a person who is or is required to be overtly or ostentatiously friendly: Politicians are often incurable handshakers.

All 4 Synonyms of job-hunt