career
career
move rapidly, go at full speed: The sports car careered down the highway.; vocation, lifework, livelihood: She has made a career of interior decoration.
Not to be confused with:
careen – lean or tip to one side while in motion, as car rounding a curve or a ship listing in a storm: The motorcycle careened around the bend in the road.
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ca·reer
(kə-rîr′)n.
1.
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.
2. A path or course, as of the sun through the heavens.
3. Speed: "My hasting days fly on with full career" (John Milton).
adj.
Doing what one does as a permanent occupation or lifework: career diplomats; a career criminal.
intr.v. ca·reered, ca·reer·ing, ca·reers
To move forward at high speed, often with minimal control: "that lordly car ... How smoothly it ran. In what style they had come careering along the country roads!" (James Joyce).
[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; see kers- in Indo-European roots.]
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career
(kəˈrɪə)n
1. a path or progress through life or history
2. a profession or occupation chosen as one's life's work
3. (modifier) having or following a career as specified: a career diplomat.
4. a course or path, esp a swift or headlong one
vb
(intr) to move swiftly along; rush in an uncontrolled way
[C16: from French carrière, from Late Latin carrāria carriage road, from Latin carrus two-wheeled wagon, car]
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ca•reer
(kəˈrɪər)n.
1. an occupation or profession followed as one's lifework.
2. a person's general course of action through some or all of life: a short career as a soldier.
3. a course, esp. a swift one.
4. speed, esp. full speed.
v.i.5. to go at full speed.
adj.6. professional: a career diplomat.
[1525–35; < Middle French carriere < Old Provençal carriera literally, road < Late Latin carrāri (via) vehicular (road)]
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career
Past participle: careered
Gerund: careering
| Imperative |
|---|
| career |
| career |
| Present |
|---|
| I career |
| you career |
| he/she/it careers |
| we career |
| you career |
| they career |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I careered |
| you careered |
| he/she/it careered |
| we careered |
| you careered |
| they careered |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am careering |
| you are careering |
| he/she/it is careering |
| we are careering |
| you are careering |
| they are careering |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have careered |
| you have careered |
| he/she/it has careered |
| we have careered |
| you have careered |
| they have careered |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was careering |
| you were careering |
| he/she/it was careering |
| we were careering |
| you were careering |
| they were careering |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had careered |
| you had careered |
| he/she/it had careered |
| we had careered |
| you had careered |
| they had careered |
| Future |
|---|
| I will career |
| you will career |
| he/she/it will career |
| we will career |
| you will career |
| they will career |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have careered |
| you will have careered |
| he/she/it will have careered |
| we will have careered |
| you will have careered |
| they will have careered |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be careering |
| you will be careering |
| he/she/it will be careering |
| we will be careering |
| you will be careering |
| they will be careering |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been careering |
| you have been careering |
| he/she/it has been careering |
| we have been careering |
| you have been careering |
| they have been careering |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been careering |
| you will have been careering |
| he/she/it will have been careering |
| we will have been careering |
| you will have been careering |
| they will have been careering |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been careering |
| you had been careering |
| he/she/it had been careering |
| we had been careering |
| you had been careering |
| they had been careering |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would career |
| you would career |
| he/she/it would career |
| we would career |
| you would career |
| they would career |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have careered |
| you would have careered |
| he/she/it would have careered |
| we would have careered |
| you would have careered |
| they would have careered |
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| Noun | 1. |  career - the particular occupation for which you are trainedlifework - the principal work of your career walk of life, walk - careers in general; "it happens in all walks of life" |
| 2. | career - the general progression of your working or professional life; "the general had had a distinguished career"; "he had a long career in the law" | |
| Verb | 1. | career - move headlong at high speed; "The cars careered down the road"; "The mob careered through the streets" go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
career
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
career
nounActivity pursued as a livelihood:
art, business, calling, craft, employment, job, line, métier, occupation, profession, pursuit, trade, vocation, work.
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Translations
سيْرُ الحَياةِ العَمَلِيَّهَمِهْنَةمِهْنَةُ حَياهيَعْدو، يَنْدَفِ بِسُرْعَه
kariérařítit seživotní dráhadráha
karrierelevevejløbebanesusefræse
ammattityöura
karijera
pályafutásvágtat
æîa, òjótaferilllífsstarf, ævistarf
キャリア
경력
gyvavimasnuriedėtiprofesinė veikla
drāztieskarjerapro-gress
kariéraživotná dráha
karieraživljenjska pot
karriär
อาชีพการทำงาน
kariyermeslekmeslek hayatıtam gaz gitmekçılgınca bir süratle gitmek
nghề nghiệp
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
career
attr → Karriere-; soldier, diplomat → Berufs-; a good/bad career move → ein karrierefördernder/karriereschädlicher Schritt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
career
(kəˈriə) noun1. a way of making a living (usually professional). a career in publishing.
2. course; progress (through life). The present government is nearly at the end of its career.
verbto move rapidly and dangerously. The brakes failed and the car careered down the hill.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
career
→ مِهْنَة kariéra karriere Karriere καριέρα carrera ura carrière karijera carriera キャリア 경력 carrière karriere kariera carreira карьера karriär อาชีพการทำงาน kariyer nghề nghiệp 事业Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012