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
Words Nearby career
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How to use career in a sentence
“He didn’t pitch until late in his college career, so there’s some relative freshness to his arm,” the scout told FiveThirtyEight.
Instead, Khudobin has been off the mark so far in the bubble, playing some of the worst hockey of his career.
Teams Don’t Win The Stanley Cup With A Goal Deficit. Can The Dallas Stars Change That? | Terrence Doyle | September 16, 2020 | FiveThirtyEight“Ten years is better than four years, but it’s not better than career employment,” she said.
Nonpermanent federal workers could be hired for up to 10 years under Trump proposal | Eric Yoder | September 16, 2020 | Washington PostBeing so young, doing it so early in my career — it’s amazing.
A Canadian Teenager Is One Of The Fastest Soccer Players In The World | Julian McKenzie | September 16, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightWe are designing it for inspiration, to help members find the inspiration, energy, and allies they’ll need to grow their careers while make business better.
Fortune launches a new community for leaders who want to change business for good | Ellen McGirt | September 15, 2020 | Fortune
I always wanted to have a career like his—except for the stopping work thing.
Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s Greatness | Marlow Stern | January 7, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTSo looking at that and that at that time I was also pursuing my career—so there was something here.
Patton Oswalt on Fighting Conservatives With Satire | William O’Connor | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThe memoir follows Oswalt from 1995 to 1999 as he was starting out on his comedy career in Los Angeles.
Patton Oswalt on Fighting Conservatives With Satire | William O’Connor | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTStarting under Theodore Roosevelt and Howard Taft, embassies headed by career diplomats increased in number.
I ask Atefeh and Monir if they see dancing as a form of income in the future, a potential career.
Iran’s Becoming a Footloose Nation as Dance Lessons Spread | IranWire | January 2, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTHe began his military career at the age of 11, and continued in the service nearly 60 years.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellIn 1856 she married Mesdag, who, rather late in life decided to follow the career of a painter.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. | Clara Erskine ClementAt the very commencement of the campaign Massna committed a fault which almost ruined his career.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonSo did my versatile friend, joyously confident in his powers, start on his glorious career as a private detective.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. LockeYour mad career generally ended in a crowd and a free fight of confetti.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. Locke
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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