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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ca•reer /kəˈrɪr/USA pronunciation n. - a profession that is one's most important work in life:[countable]Women should have the same opportunity for the career of their choice as men do.
- [countable] a person's general course of action through some or all of life: a short career as a soldier.
- [uncountable] speed, esp. full speed.
v. [no object] - to go at full speed:The car went careering down the highway.
adj. [before a noun] - having as a career;
professional: He was a career diplomat.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ca•reer (kə rēr′),USA pronunciation n. - an occupation or profession, esp. 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, esp. a swift one.
- speed, esp. full speed:The horse stumbled in full career.
- [Archaic.]a charge at full speed.
v.i. - to run or move rapidly along;
go at full speed.
adj. - having or following a career;
professional:a career diplomat.
- Late Latin carrāria (via) vehicular (road), equivalent. to Latin carr(us) wagon (see car1) + -āria, feminine of -ārius -ary
- Old Provencal carriera literally, road
- Middle French carriere
- 1525–35
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged vocation, calling, work, lifework, livelihood.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: career /kəˈrɪə/ n - 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
vb - (intransitive) to move swiftly along; rush in an uncontrolled way
Etymology: 16th Century: from French carrière, from Late Latin carrāria carriage road, from Latin carrus two-wheeled wagon, car |