on-the-job

1. 1.

   relating to or associated with a job or employment

   “on-the-job training”

   “on-the-job requirements”

Questions about on-the-job

What does on-the-job mean?

on-the-job means "relating to or associated with a job or employment".

How many syllables are in on-the-job?

on-the-job has 3 syllables and divides as on--the--job under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is on-the-job a common word?

on-the-job is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.