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career

[ kuh-reer ]

noun

  1. an occupation or profession, especially 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.

    Synonyms: , , , ,

  3. success in a profession, occupation, etc.
  4. a course, especially a swift one.
  5. speed, especially full speed:

    The horse stumbled in full career.

  6. Archaic. a charge at full speed.


verb (used without object)

  1. to run or move rapidly along; go at full speed.

adjective

  1. having or following a career; professional:

    a career diplomat.

career

/ əˈɪə /

noun

  1. a path or progress through life or history
  2. a profession or occupation chosen as one's life's work
  3. modifier having or following a career as specified

    a career diplomat

  4. a course or path, esp a swift or headlong one
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. intr to move swiftly along; rush in an uncontrolled way
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of career1

First recorded in 1525–35; from Middle French carriere, from Old Provençal carriera, literally, “road,” from Late Latin (via) “vehicular (road),” equivalent to Latin carr(us) “wagon” ( car 1 ) + - (feminine of -ary )
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of career1

C16: from French è, from Late Latin carriage road, from Latin carrus two-wheeled wagon, car
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Idioms and Phrases

see checkered career .
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Example Sentences

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Once she incorporated those sounds to her music, Chinouriri's career took off.

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Last year, when he became the first trainer to saddle 100 career winners at the Cheltenham Festival, he gave a tip of his trilby and a wave to the crowd.

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However, he went on to have a distinguished military career that saw him undertake more than 30 missions and survive two crash landings during the war.

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Grant competed in multiple professional rodeo events in his career, obtaining his Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association permit in 2018 and buying his association card in 2024, the group said.

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The tour is divided into sections spanning the narrative of his career.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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