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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
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of career1
Idioms and Phrases
see checkered career .Example Sentences
“Over her 45-year career, Lar left an unforgettable mark on Hollywood through her dynamic performances and dedication to mentoring aspiring actors,” the statement said.
The mentioned calls for more intensity have largely gone unheeded and he considers this season has been one of the hardest of his career to balance egos.
He notes he was thanked, in Disney’s peculiar way, once in his career, and that’s when he was working on the Disneyland Monorail, which debuted in the park in 1959.
He’d bounced from Washington to Phoenix to Memphis in the early stages of his NBA career, but was now without consistent work.
He had been an ever-present at the start of his son's career, but their relationship has become strained.
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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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