great job
284
1.0
- noun
- Informal
:
buen trabajo
- You did a great job.
In this way, narcissists do a great job of weaponizing boundaries.
- In this way, narcissists do a great job of weaponizing boundaries.
- And it does such a great job of getting my hair super clean.
- And neither party does a great job of doing this.
- You guys do a great job at undergrounds.
- I appreciate that appreciate you and great job you guys do you sleep?
- You got, I think Liverpool have done a great job on the on the clock.
- Though, a great job, a great job with, you know, great people.
Examples
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You did a great job on your presentation; everyone was impressed.
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You've done a great job, an astounding job considering the limited resources available to you.
Fiction book (1991) -
And it was just, you did such a great job, next level.
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Though, a great job, a great job with, you know, great people.
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And so great job in working with him, Mike.
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You did a great job over there.
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I personally think that you did a great job in this back area.
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You did a great job of matching your questions to our big goal.
Academic text (2013) -
You're doing a great job.
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"Jane, you did a great job helping Megan figure out that problem."
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Very good and likely to make you feel happy or amazed
∞
1.0
Very good and better than most similar things
815
3.3
Very strong and often causing great damage
626
1.9
Very good and impressive, making you feel pleased
257
3.4
Much better than most others in skill or quality
251
1.8
Very good and surprising in a way that pleases people
134
3.0
Better than expected and quite good
23
1.9
Very good work that impresses people
21
5.3
Praise and respect people give for doing something well
16
7.4
A short way to show approval or praise for something done well
15
4.2
A piece of work that is done very well
4
7.9
Very good and impressive
2
2.8
Very impressive and exciting
1
8.8
Very good work that impresses other people
Words you say to show you are happy about someone's good news
A phrase people say when they finish a job that goes well
Very good and impressive
Antonyms
How Complimentary
257
3.4
23
1.9
- Informal
284
1.0
84
1.8
- Informal
134
3.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'great' (excellent) with 'job' (task or piece of work), yielding 'an excellent performance' which matches the given definition. This is a standard adjective + noun compositional pattern found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand the expression as praise.
Etymology
Great job comes from the simple idea of praising someone's work: job is the task they did and great means very good. Saying great job is like pointing to the finished work and calling it excellent, so it now means 'to praise someone for good work'.