an occupation or profession, especially one requiring special training, followed as one's lifework: He sought a career as a lawyer.
a person's progress or general course of action through life or through a phase of life, as in some profession or undertaking: His career as a soldier ended with the armistice.
success in a profession, occupation, etc.
a course, especially a swift one.
speed, especially full speed: The horse stumbled in full career.
Archaic. a charge at full speed.
verb (used without object)
to run or move rapidly along; go at full speed.
adjective
having or following a career; professional: a career diplomat.
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Origin of career
1525–35; <Middle French carriere<Old Provençal carriera literally, road <Late Latin carrāria (via) vehicular (road), equivalent to Latin carr(us) wagon (see car1) + -āria, feminine of -ārius-ary
SYNONYMS FOR career
2 vocation, calling, work, lifework, livelihood.
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WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH career
careen, career
Words nearby career
cardy, care, care and maintenance, care attendant, careen, career, career girl, careerism, careerist, careers adviser, careers master
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Instead, Khudobin has been off the mark so far in the bubble, playing some of the worst hockey of his career.
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“Ten years is better than four years, but it’s not better than career employment,” she said.
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Being so young, doing it so early in my career — it’s amazing.
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We are designing it for inspiration, to help members find the inspiration, energy, and allies they’ll need to grow their careers while make business better.
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I always wanted to have a career like his—except for the stopping work thing.
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So looking at that and that at that time I was also pursuing my career—so there was something here.
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Starting under Theodore Roosevelt and Howard Taft, embassies headed by career diplomats increased in number.
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But as everyone knows, he went on to say—not once but many times—that that was the greatest error of his career by far.
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For nearly her entire life Beyoncé has been giving us her blood, sweat, and tears in her career.
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He would carry through this Linrock case; but even so, if he were not killed, his career would be ruined.
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But this feeling, which supported me in the commencement of my career, now serves only to plunge me lower in the dust.
Frankenstein|Mary Shelley
From that time on Austria, composed of three states in one, started on its career of a world power.
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It was in turning little things like these to account, that Mr. Clay, in the earlier period of his career, was so remarkable.
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It was his fate to begin his career in an age of mediocrities and to finish it in an almost single combat with the giant.
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British Dictionary definitions for career
career
/ (kəˈrɪə) /
noun
a path or progress through life or history
a profession or occupation chosen as one's life's work
(modifier)having or following a career as specifieda career diplomat
a course or path, esp a swift or headlong one
verb
(intr)to move swiftly along; rush in an uncontrolled way
Word Origin for career
C16: from French carrière, from Late Latin carrāria carriage road, from Latin carrus two-wheeled wagon, car
Did You Know The Names Of These Unique Careers?Remember when you were little and everyone kept asking, “What do you wanna be when you grow up?” Well, we found some of the most unique career names to help you decide.