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jobation

/d͡ʒəʊˈbeɪʃən/

jobation noun: an extensive rebuke or telling-off; a long criticism or admonitory lecture.

Noun

jobation (countable and uncountable, plural jobations)

  1. An extensive rebuke or telling-off; a long criticism or admonitory lecture.
    • Better a jobation tonight than everlasting talk tomorrow.1925, Stanley John Weyman, “XXVII The Return”, in Queen's Folly

jobation meaning in Bengali

jobation in Bengali

একটি দীর্ঘ তিরস্কার, ধমক

Forms of jobation

pluraljobations

Origin of jobation

From jobe + -ation.

Questions about jobation

What does jobation mean?
Jobation means an extensive rebuke or telling-off; a long criticism or admonitory lecture.
What is jobation in Bengali?
Jobation in Bengali is একটি দীর্ঘ তিরস্কার, ধমক. See Jobation meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is jobation?
Jobation is a noun.
How do you pronounce jobation?
Jobation is pronounced /d͡ʒəʊˈbeɪʃən/.
What is the plural of jobation?
The plural of jobation is jobations.

Words near jobation in the dictionary

  1. Joback method
  2. jobama
  3. Joban
  4. jobanowl
  5. jobanowls
  6. jobation
  7. jobations
  8. jobbe
  9. jobbed
  10. jobbed backwards
  11. jobber

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Adapted from Wiktionary: jobation (page history and authors); jobation (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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