Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense 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.
She is now concentrating on a career as a fashion designer. [+ as]
Dennis had recently begun a successful career conducting opera.
...a career in journalism. [+ in]
...a political career.
Synonyms: occupation, calling, employment, pursuit More Synonyms of career
2. countable noun
Your career is the part of your life that you spend working.
During his career, he wrote more than fifty plays.
She began her career as a teacher. [+ as]
3. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
Careers advice or guidance in British English, or career advice or guidance in American English, consists of information about different jobs and help with deciding what kind of job you want to do.
She received very little careers guidance when young.
Get hold of the company list from your careers advisory service.
4. verb [oft cont]
If a person or vehicle careers somewhere, they move fast and in an uncontrolled way.
His car careered into a river. [VERB preposition/adverb]
He went careering off down the track. [VERB preposition/adverb]
Synonyms: rush, race, speed, tear More Synonyms of career
More Synonyms of career
career in British English
(kəˈrɪə)
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
verb
5. (intransitive)
to move swiftly along; rush in an uncontrolled way
Word origin
C16: from French carrière, from Late Latin carrāria carriage road, from Latin carrus two-wheeled wagon, car
career in American English
(kəˈrɪr)
noun
1. Obsolete
a racing course
2. Archaic
a swift course, as of the sun through the sky
3.
one's progress through life or in one's work
4.
a profession or occupation which one trains for and pursues as a lifework
adjective US
5.
pursuing a normally temporary activity as a lifework
a career soldier
verb intransitive
6.
to move at full speed; rush wildly
Idioms:
in full career
Word origin
Fr carrière, road, racecourse < It carriera < VL carraria (via), carriage (road) < L carrus, car1
COBUILD Collocations
career
academic career
boxing career
broadcasting career
build a career
career stalls
consider a career
distinguished career
early career
end a career
flagging career
football career
forge a career
future career
glittering career
high-flying career
literary career
lucrative career
movie career
professional career
promising career
pursue a career
racing career
ruin a career
showbiz career
solo career
sporting career
stellar career
subsequent career
teaching career
varied career
whole career
Examples of 'career' in a sentence
career
That summer was a turning point in my life and career.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
This tends to confirm the grim showbiz maxim that death is a great career move.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Who said all political careers end in failure?
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The key to a long career is to try new things.
The Sun (2016)
If the vegetarian lifestyle was healthy, it was not going to help his future career.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
That is partly a failing of the careers service in schools, he says.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
GET dressed for success with a career in fashion.
The Sun (2017)
I want to finish my track career on a high.
The Sun (2017)
It's quite incredible how one 's career has gone into orbit while my son is no longer around.
The Sun (2016)
He was great for me as he helped nurture my career.
The Sun (2009)
Yet there was another career move waiting in the wings.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Will put his music career on hold last year to pursue acting roles.
The Sun (2008)
The careers service also conducts offers advice in interviews over the telephone.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Yet careers guidance is too often poor.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
She has often spoken fondly of the influence of her parents on her political career.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Some recognise those who have had long and glittering careers.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
She hopes that this will pave the way for a career in the media.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The vehicle careered off the road and tumbled down an embankment.
Stewart, Bob (Lt-Col) Broken Lives (1993)
This is the best place for me to get seen and to progress my career.
The Sun (2010)
What is the most valuable career advice you received?
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
We may have an established career and home life.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
There will also be careers and company presentations.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Being a mother can seriously damage your earnings potential and disrupt your career path.
Miller, Maureen Double Income No Kids Yet? (1989)
Witnesses said he was slumped in his cab as the vehicle careered along the street.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
His career has been one big challenge after another and he has met each one in thrilling style.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
He has gone through a harrowing time and is looking forward to getting his career back on track.
The Sun (2014)
Wales wasted him this season and are in danger of wrecking what should have been a wonderful international career.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Was a career in fashion inevitable?
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Best for your job or career?
Miller, Maureen Double Income No Kids Yet? (1989)
In other languages
career
British English: career /kəˈrɪə/ NOUN
Your career is your job or profession.
...a career in journalism.
American English: career
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: อาชีพการทำงาน
Turkish: kariyer
Ukrainian: кар'єра
Vietnamese: nghề nghiệp
British English: career VERB
If a person or vehicle careers somewhere, they move fast and in an uncontrolled way.
His car careered into a river.
American English: career
Brazilian Portuguese: correr a toda velocidade
Chinese: 猛冲
European Spanish: ir a toda velocidad
French: aller à toute allureN
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
All related terms of 'career'
career move
a change of job , usually to a position with more responsibility and a higher income
career path
A path that you take is a particular course of action or way of achieving something.
solo career
A career is the job or profession that someone does for a long period of their life.
acting career
a person's career as an actor
boxing career
A career is the job or profession that someone does for a long period of their life.
career advice
If you give someone advice , you tell them what you think they should do in a particular situation.
career break
If someone takes a career break , they stop working in their particular profession for a period of time, with the intention of returning to it later.
career change
To change something means to replace it with something new or different.
career choice
Your choice is someone or something that you choose from a range of things.
career stalls
A career is the job or profession that someone does for a long period of their life.
career woman
A career woman is a woman who regards her job and progressing in it as very important .
early career
A career is the job or profession that someone does for a long period of their life.
future career
A career is the job or profession that someone does for a long period of their life.
movie career
A career is the job or profession that someone does for a long period of their life.
racing career
A career is the job or profession that someone does for a long period of their life.
varied career
A career is the job or profession that someone does for a long period of their life.
whole career
A career is the job or profession that someone does for a long period of their life.
academic career
A career is the job or profession that someone does for a long period of their life.
career ambition
If you have an ambition to do or achieve something, you want very much to do it or achieve it.
career criminal
a person who earns his or her income through criminal activities
career options
An option is something that you can choose to do in preference to one or more alternatives .
end a career
A career is the job or profession that someone does for a long period of their life.
flagging career
A career is the job or profession that someone does for a long period of their life.
football career
A career is the job or profession that someone does for a long period of their life.
literary career
A career is the job or profession that someone does for a long period of their life.
showbiz career
A career is the job or profession that someone does for a long period of their life.
sporting career
A career is the job or profession that someone does for a long period of their life.
stellar career
A career is the job or profession that someone does for a long period of their life.
teaching career
A career is the job or profession that someone does for a long period of their life.
build a career
A career is the job or profession that someone does for a long period of their life.
career development
a progression through a series of jobs , each with more responsibility and a higher income than the last
career prospects
the probability or chance for future success in a profession
forge a career
A career is the job or profession that someone does for a long period of their life.
glittering career
Your career is the part of your life that you spend working.
in full career
at full speed
lucrative career
A career is the job or profession that someone does for a long period of their life.
promising career
A career is the job or profession that someone does for a long period of their life.
ruin a career
A career is the job or profession that someone does for a long period of their life.
subsequent career
A career is the job or profession that someone does for a long period of their life.
broadcasting career
A career is the job or profession that someone does for a long period of their life.
career opportunities
An opportunity is a situation in which it is possible for you to do something that you want to do.
consider a career
A career is the job or profession that someone does for a long period of their life.
distinguished career
A career is the job or profession that someone does for a long period of their life.
high-flying career
A career is the job or profession that someone does for a long period of their life.
professional career
A career is the job or profession that someone does for a long period of their life.
pursue a career
A career is the job or profession that someone does for a long period of their life.
Chinese translation of 'career'
career
(kəˈrɪəʳ)
n(c)
(= job, profession) 事业(業) (shìyè) (项, xiàng)
(= working life) 生涯 (shēngyá) (个(個), gè)
vi
to career off a road/into a tree冲(衝)出路面撞到树(樹)上 (chōngchū lùmiàn/zhuàng dào shù shang)
his school/university career他的学(學)校/大学(學)生涯 (tā de xuéxiào/dàxué shēngyá)
All related terms of 'career'
the social/career ladder
( fig ) 社会(會)/事业(業)阶(階)梯 shèhuì/shìyè jiētī
his school/university career
他的学(學)校/大学(學)生涯 tā de xuéxiào/dàxué shēngyá
a career/an education of sorts
不怎么(麼)样(樣)的职(職)业(業)/教育 bù zěnmeyàng de zhíyè/jiàoyù
her aspirations to a movie career
她从(從)事电(電)影工作的志向 tā cóngshì diànyǐng gōngzuò de zhìxiàng