career
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.
to run or move rapidly along; go at full speed.
having or following a career; professional: a career diplomat.
Origin of career
1Other words for career
Words that may be confused with career
- careen, career
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How to use career in a sentence
Future lives, careers and attitudes were being determined in this lightly regulated fever.
The Castration of Alan Turing, Britain’s Code-Breaking WWII Hero | Clive Irving | November 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Good Wife leaves us wondering how many people have sacrificed their beliefs for their careers.
The Good Wife’s Religion Politics: Voters Have No Faith in Alicia's Atheism | Regina Lizik | November 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd now many of those Democrats are heading home after long careers in public life, with some losing easily winnable races.
Connecticut Governor Dan Malloy to Democrats: Grow a Pair | David Freedlander | November 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe original Twilight Zone is renowned for the acting careers it revived or jump started.
How a War-Weary Vet Created ‘The Twilight Zone’ | Rich Goldstein | November 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTRoss has cerebral palsy, and the Pathways to Careers initiative of SourceAmerica helped him get his position.
Hiring People With Disabilities Isn’t Just the Right Thing to Do—It’s Good for Business | Elizabeth Picciuto | October 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
This is called stage-fright, and it is never cured; it has ruined more brilliant careers than the critics have.
Black Diamonds | Mr JkaiNearly all the first Medici had natural children, whose careers were invariably brilliant.
Catherine de' Medici | Honore de BalzacMoreover, the noisy careers of Liszt and Thalberg serve as a set-off to the noiseless one of Chopin.
Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician | Frederick NiecksOthers of less merit were detached for the civil service, and in that also their careers were at the imperial mercy.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte | William Milligan SloaneThen the steamer takes a sharp turn, leaves the bank, and careers across into midstream!
Round the Wonderful World | G. E. Mitton
British Dictionary definitions for career
/ (kəˈrɪə) /
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 specified: a career diplomat
a course or path, esp a swift or headlong one
(intr) to move swiftly along; rush in an uncontrolled way
Origin of career
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with career
see checkered career.
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