Meaning of CAREER
| Pronunciation: | | ku'reer
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- [n] the general progression of your working or professional life; "the general had had a distinguished career"; "he had a long career in the law"
- [n] the particular occupation for which you are trained
- [v] move headlong at high speed; "The cars careered down the road"; "The mob careered through the streets"
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| | Synonyms: | | calling, life history, vocation |
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| | See Also: | | advance, advancement, business, business life, forward motion, go, job, lifework, line, line of work, locomote, move, occupation, onward motion, professional life, progress, progression, specialisation, specialism, speciality, specialization, specialty, travel, walk, walk of life | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Ca*reer"\, n. [F. carri[`e]re race course, high road,
street, fr. L. carrus wagon. See {Car}.]
1. A race course: the ground run over.
To go back again the same career. --Sir P.
Sidney.
2. A running; full speed; a rapid course.
When a horse is running in his full career.
--Wilkins.
3. General course of action or conduct in life, or in a
particular part or calling in life, or in some special
undertaking; usually applied to course or conduct which is
of a public character; as, Washington's career as a
soldier.
An impartial view of his whole career. --Macaulay.
4. (Falconry) The flight of a hawk.
\Ca*reer"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Careered} 3; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Careering}]
To move or run rapidly.
areering gayly over the curling waves. --W. Irving.
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