[kuh-reer] 
| 1. | an occupation or profession, esp. one requiring special training, followed as one's lifework: He sought a career as a lawyer. |
| 2. | 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. |
| 3. | success in a profession, occupation, etc. |
| 4. | a course, esp. a swift one. |
| 5. | speed, esp. full speed: The horse stumbled in full career. |
| 6. | Archaic. a charge at full speed. |
| 7. | to run or move rapidly along; go at full speed. |
| 8. | having or following a career; professional: a career diplomat. |
| ca·reer (kə-rîr') n.
intr.v. ca·reered, ca·reer·ing, ca·reers To move or run at full speed; rush. See Usage Note at careen. [French carrière, from Old French, racecourse, from Old Provençal carriera, street, from Medieval Latin (via) carrāria, (road) for carts, feminine of carrārius, from Latin carrus, a Gallic type of wagon; see kers- in Indo-European roots.] |
