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The definition of career is what you do for a living and how you advance through a profession or company.
(noun)- Being a lawyer or doctor is an example of a career.
- The entire body of work done as you moved from your first position to your current one is an example of your career.
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See career in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- Obsolete a racing course
- Archaic a swift course, as of the sun through the sky
- one's progress through life or in one's work
- a profession or occupation which one trains for and pursues as a lifework
Origin: Fr carrière, road, racecourse < It carriera < VL carraria (via), carriage (road) < L carrus, car
adjective
pursuing a normally temporary activity as a lifework: a career soldier
intransitive verb
to move at full speed; rush wildly
See career in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- a. A chosen pursuit; a profession or occupation.b. The general course or progression of one's working life or one's professional achievements: an officer with a distinguished career; a teacher in the midst of a long career.
- A path or course, as of the sun through the heavens.
- Speed: “My hasting days fly on with full career” (John Milton).
Doing what one does as a permanent occupation or lifework: career diplomats; a career criminal.
intransitive verb ca·reered, ca·reer·ing, ca·reers To move or run at full speed; rush. See Usage Note at careen.
Origin:
Origin: French carrière
Origin: , from Old French, racecourse
Origin: , from Old Provençal carriera, street
Origin: , from Medieval Latin (via) carrāria, (road) for carts
Origin: , feminine of carrārius
Origin: , from Latin carrus, a Gallic type of wagon; see kers- in Indo-European roots
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