"good job" meaning in English

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Interjection

Audio: en-au-good job.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-interj}} good job
  1. (idiomatic) Well done; congratulations! Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: well done Translations (a phrase used to praise for a good job or efforts): 做得好 (zuò de hǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), 辛苦 (xīnkǔ) (english: stock phrase when thanking someone for the job) (Chinese Mandarin), dobrá práce (Czech), goed gedaan (Dutch), goed zo (Dutch), goed bezig (Dutch), hyvin tehty (Finnish), bon travail (French), ご苦労様でした (go-kurō-sama deshita) (english: stock phrase when thanking someone for the job) (alt: ごくろうさまでした) (Japanese), syabas (Malay), dobra robota (Polish), хоро́шая рабо́та (xoróšaja rabóta) (Russian), молоде́ц! (molodéc!) [masculine] (Russian), svaka čast (Serbo-Croatian), buen trabajo (Spanish), bra jobbat (Swedish), làm tốt lắm (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-good_job-en-intj-XA1Q6fmV

Noun

Audio: en-au-good job.ogg [Australia] Forms: good jobs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} good job (plural good jobs)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see good, job. Related terms: job's a good 'un
    Sense id: en-good_job-en-noun-okcYGEGH
  2. (idiomatic, British) a good thing. Tags: British, idiomatic Translations (a good thing): hyvä juttu (Finnish), хорошо́ (xorošó) (Russian), 讚讚讚 (Traditional Chinese), 赞赞赞 (zàn zàn zàn) (Traditional Chinese)
    Sense id: en-good_job-en-noun-CSWs4D1E Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 9 85 Disambiguation of 'a good thing': 2 98

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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