Career (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. an occupation or profession, especially one requiring special training, followed as one's lifework: He sought a career as a lawyer.
  2. a person's progress or general course of action through life or through a phase of life, as in some profession or undertaking: His career as a soldier ended with the armistice.
  3. success in a profession, occupation, etc.
  4. a course, especially a swift one.
  5. speed, especially full speed: The horse stumbled in full career.
  6. a charge at full speed.
verb (used without object)
  1. to run or move rapidly along; go at full speed.
adjective
  1. having or following a career; professional: a career diplomat.
noun
  1. a path or progress through life or history
  2. a profession or occupation chosen as one's life's work
  3. having or following a career as specified
  4. a course or path, esp a swift or headlong one
verb
  1. to move swiftly along; rush in an uncontrolled way
Career (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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