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career
[ kuh-reer ]
noun
- 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.
Synonyms: , , , ,
- 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.
career
/ əˈɪə /
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 specified
a career diplomat
- a course or path, esp a swift or headlong one
verb
- intr to move swiftly along; rush in an uncontrolled way
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of career1
Idioms and Phrases
see checkered career .Example Sentences
Once she incorporated those sounds to her music, Chinouriri's career took off.
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.
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.
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.
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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