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 Definitions of career  [əˈrɪər]  

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Definition of 'career' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) career
an occupation or profession followed as one's lifework.

2.  career
a person's general course of action through some or all of life:
a short career as a soldier.

3.  career
a course, esp. a swift one.

4.  career
speed, esp. full speed.

5. (v.i.) career
to go at full speed.

6. (adj.) career
professional:
a career diplomat.

Etymology:  (1525–35; < MF carriere < OPr carriera lit., road < LL carrāri (via) vehicular (road))

Definition of 'career' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) career, calling, vocation
the particular occupation for which you are trained

2. (verb) career, life history
the general progression of your working or professional life
"the general had had a distinguished career"; "he had a long career in the law"

3. (verb) career
move headlong at high speed
"The cars careered down the road"; "The mob careered through the streets"


Definition of 'career' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) career
a profession you train for
her career as a journalist; a career in medicine; time for a career change

2.  career
the time in your life spent working
at the end of his career; a well planned career path


Definition of 'career' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) career
a race course: the ground run over

2. (noun) career
a running; full speed; a rapid course

3. (noun) career
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

4. (noun) career
the flight of a hawk

5. (verb) career
to move or run rapidly


Translation of 'career' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a way of making a living (usually professional)
a career in publishing.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: beroep; loopbaan Arabic flag Arabic: مِهْنَةُ حَياه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: професия
Brazilian flag Brazilian: carreira Czech flag Czech: kariéra; životní dráha German flag German: die Karriere
Danish flag Danish: levevej; karriere Greek flag Greek: σταδιοδρομία, καριέρα Spanish flag Spanish: carrera
Estonian flag Estonian: teenistuskäik Farsi flag Farsi: پیشه؛ حرفه Finnish flag Finnish: ura
French flag French: carrière Hebrew flag Hebrew: מִקְצוֹע Hindi flag Hindi: पेशा
Croatian flag Croatian: karijera Hungarian flag Hungarian: hivatás Indonesian flag Indonesian: karier
Icelandic flag Icelandic: lífsstarf, ævistarf Italian flag Italian: carriera Japanese flag Japanese: 職業
Korean flag Korean: 직업 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: profesinė veikla Latvian flag Latvian: karjera
Malay flag Malay: profession Dutch flag Dutch: carria Norwegian flag Norwegian: levevei, profesjon, karri
Polish flag Polish: kariera, zawód Persian flag Persian: پیشه؛ حرفه Pashto flag Pashto: مسلك، حرفه: دژوند لاره: پ
Portuguese flag Portuguese: carreira Romanian flag Romanian: carieră Russian flag Russian: карьера
Slovak flag Slovak: životná dráha, kariéra Slovenian flag Slovenian: kariera Serbian flag Serbian: karijera
Swedish flag Swedish: karriär Thai flag Thai: อาชีพ Turkish flag Turkish: meslek, kariyer
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 職業 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: кар'єра; діяльність Urdu flag Urdu: طرز معاش
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: nghề nghiệp Chinese flag Chinese: 职业

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