Career definition
One's progress through life or in one's work.
noun
A profession or occupation which one trains for and pursues as a lifework.
noun
Doing what one does as a permanent occupation or lifework.
Career diplomats; a career criminal.
adjective
A path or course, as of the sun through the heavens.
noun
Pursuing a normally temporary activity as a lifework.
A career soldier.
adjective
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To move at full speed; rush wildly.
verb
The definition of career is what you do for a living and how you advance through a profession or company.
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.
noun
Speed.
noun
A chosen pursuit; a profession or occupation.
noun
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General course of action or conduct in life, or in a particular part of it.
Washington's career as a soldier.
noun
To move rapidly straight ahead, especially in an uncontrolled way.
The car careered down the road, missed the curve, and went through a hedge.
verb
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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.
noun
To move forward at high speed, often with minimal control.
verb
(obs.) A racing course.
noun
(archaic) A swift course, as of the sun through the sky.
noun
in full career
- at full speed
idiom
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Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
in full career
Origin of career
- French carrière from Old French racecourse from Old Provençal carriera street from Medieval Latin (via) carrāria (road) for carts feminine of carrārius from Latin carrus a Gallic type of wagon kers- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Wiktionary