Definition of 'career'
Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense careers
, present participle careering
, past tense, past participle careered
1. countable noun
A career is the job or profession that someone does for a long period of their life.
3. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
4. verb [oft cont]
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career in British English
noun
2.
verb
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Word origin
C16: from French carrière, from Late Latin carrāria carriage road, from Latin carrus two-wheeled wagon, carWord Frequency
career in American English
noun
3.
one's progress through life or in one's work
verb intransitive
6.
to move at full speed; rush wildly
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Word origin
Fr carrière, road, racecourse < It carriera < VL carraria (via), carriage (road) < L carrus, car1Word Frequency
career in American English
(kəˈrɪər)
noun
SYNONYMS 2. vocation, calling, work, lifework, livelihood.1.
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
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Word origin
[1525–35; ‹ MF carriere ‹ OPr carriera lit., road ‹ LL carrāria (via) vehicular (road), equiv. to L carr(us) wagon ( see car1) + -āria, fem. of -ārius -ary]Examples of 'career' in a sentence
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career
British English: career
/kəˈrɪə/ NOUN
Your career is your job or profession.
...a career in journalism.
- American English: career /kəˈrɪər/
- Arabic: مِهْنَة
- Brazilian Portuguese: carreira
- Chinese: 事业
- Croatian: karijera
- Czech: kariéra
- Danish: karriere
- Dutch: carrière
- European Spanish: carrera profesional
- Finnish: ura
- French: carrière travail
- German: Karriere
- Greek: καριέρα
- Italian: carriera
- Japanese: キャリア
- Korean: 경력
- Norwegian: karriere
- Polish: kariera
- European Portuguese: carreira
- Romanian: carieră
- Russian: карьера
- Latin American Spanish: carrera profesión
- Swedish: karriär
- Thai: อาชีพ
- Turkish: kariyer
- Ukrainian: кар'єра
- Vietnamese: nghề nghiệp
British English: career
VERB /kəˈrɪə/
If a person or vehicle careers somewhere, they move fast and in an uncontrolled way.
His car careered into a river.
- American English: career /kəˈrɪər/
- Brazilian Portuguese: correr a toda velocidade
- Chinese: 猛冲
- European Spanish: ir a toda velocidad
- French: aller à toute allure N
- German: rasen
- Italian: andare a tutta velocità
- Japanese: 暴走する
- Korean: 질주하다
- European Portuguese: correr a toda velocidade
- Latin American Spanish: ir a toda velocidad
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