Career
[kə'rɪə] or [kə'rɪr]
Definition
(noun.) the general progression of your working or professional life; 'the general had had a distinguished career'; 'he had a long career in the law'.
(noun.) the particular occupation for which you are trained.
(verb.) move headlong at high speed; 'The cars careered down the road'; 'The mob careered through the streets'.
Typist: Sean--From WordNet
Definition
(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; as, Washington's career as a soldier.
(n.) The flight of a hawk.
(v. i.) To move or run rapidly.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Course, race.[2]. Procedure, conduct, course of action, manner of life.
v. n. Sweep, rush, course, move rapidly.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Course, success, walk, line, progress, history, {way_of_ill_passage}, race
ANT:Misproceeding, misdeportment, unsuccess, miscarriage
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Definition
n. a racecourse: a race: course of action: manner of life; v.i. to gallop: to move or run rapidly.
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Examples
- For years I had gradually weaned him from that drug mania which had threatened once to check his remarkable career. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- As my sword went up to end her horrid career her paralysis left her, and with an ear-piercing shriek she turned to flee. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Before leaving this period of his career, it is to be noted that it gave Edison many favorable opportunities. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It will decide my career, for if I have any genius, I shall find it out in Rome, and will do something to prove it. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Economic history deals with the activities, the career, and fortunes of the common man as does no other branch of history. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- You have had a strange career. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- These were the opening acts of an active and aggressive career. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- At the same time operators have always been shrewd enough to regard the telegraph as a stepping-stone to other careers in life. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- She had several times been in love with fortunes or careers, but only once with a man. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- We might point to the first experiments aimed at remedying the helter-skelter of careers by vocational guidance. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- That it will add to the dignity and value of millions of careers is only one of its blessings. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The United States and the French Republic both started their careers in a phase of financial difficulty. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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