Career

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A chosen pursuit; a profession or occupation.
  • n. 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.
  • n. A path or course, as of the sun through the heavens.
  • n. 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.
  • verb-intransitive. To move or run at full speed; rush. See Usage Note at careen.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. One's calling in life; a person's occupation; one's profession.
  • n. An individual’s work and life roles over their lifespan.
  • n. speed
  • n. A jouster's path during a joust.
  • v. To move rapidly straight ahead, especially in an uncontrolled way.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A race course: the ground run over.
  • n. A running; full speed; a rapid course.
  • n. 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.
  • n. The flight of a hawk.
  • verb-intransitive. To move or run rapidly.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The ground on which a race is run; a race-course; hence, course; path; way.
  • n. A charge or run at full speed, as in justing.
  • n. General course of action or movement; procedure; course of proceeding; a specific course of action or occupation forming the object of one's life: as, “honour's fair career,” Dryden.
  • n. [Sometimes used absolutely to signify a definite or conspicuous career of some kind: as, a man with a career before him.]
  • n. In the manège, a place inclosed with a barrier, in which to run the ring.
  • n. In falconry, a flight or tour of the hawk, about 120 yards.
  • To move or run rapidly, as if in a race or charge.
  • n. A prison; a lock-up; especially, one in a German school or university.
  • n. One of the 8 to 12 stalls, closed with bars, from which races were started in a Roman circus. They were arranged with slanting axes in order not to give an unfair advantage to any competitor.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the particular occupation for which you are trained
  • n. the general progression of your working or professional life
  • v. move headlong at high speed
  • Verb Form
    careered    careering    careers   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Form
    careered    careering   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    running    race    course    rush    careen   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bombardier    Chevalier    Clear    Deere    Fear    Greer    Imagineer    Lanier    Lear    Meir   
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    Sports   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    success    experience    job    education    skill    reputation    development    project    record    adventure