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career definition

ca·reer (kə rir′)

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

Etymology: 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
career Idioms

in full career

at full speed

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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