Career

  • 21career — /kəˈrɪə / (say kuh rear) noun 1. general course of action or progress of a person through life, as in some profession, in some moral or intellectual action, etc. 2. an occupation, profession, etc., followed as one s lifework: a career in law. 3.… …

  • 22career — I. noun Etymology: Middle French carriere, from Old Occitan carriera street, from Medieval Latin carraria road for vehicles, from Latin carrus car Date: circa 1534 1. a. speed in a course < ran at full career > b. course, passage 2 …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 23career — n. & v. n. 1 a one s advancement through life, esp. in a profession. b the progress through history of a group or institution. 2 a profession or occupation, esp. as offering advancement. 3 (attrib.) a pursuing or wishing to pursue a career&#8230; …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 24career — 1. noun 1) a business career Syn: profession, occupation, job, vocation, calling, employment, line, line of work, walk of life, métier 2) a checkered career Syn: history, exist …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 25career — 1. noun a) Ones calling in life; a persons occupation; ones profession. It may be admitted that Democracy, in all meanings of the word, is in full career; irresistible by any Ritter Kauderwalsch or other Son of Adam, as times go. b) An&#8230; …

    Wiktionary

  • 26career — ca•reer [[t]kəˈrɪər[/t]] 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[/ex] 3) a course, esp. a swift one 4) speed, esp. full speed 5)&#8230; …

    From formal English to slang

  • 27career — Synonyms and related words: Brownian movement, accomplished, advance, advancement, advancing, angular motion, art, ascending, ascent, at concert pitch, axial motion, backflowing, backing, backward motion, blunder, bolt, business, calling, careen …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 28career — [16] Originally, a career was a ‘road or racetrack for vehicles’. Its ultimate source was Latin carrus ‘wheeled vehicle’ (from which we get car), which produced the Vulgar Latin 95 carry derivative *carāria ‘track for wheeled vehicles’. This&#8230; …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 29career — ca·reer || kÉ™ rɪə n. profession; fast run, gallop v. rush, dash, speed, hurtle adj. professional, of a career …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 30career — noun an occupation undertaken for a significant period of a person s life, usually with opportunities for progress. ↘the progress through history of an institution or organization. ↘[as modifier] working with commitment in a particular profession …

    English new terms dictionary