# career

Pronunciation: say "kuh-REER" US /kəˈɹɪɹ/, UK /kəˈɹɪə/

## Noun

1. The job or profession someone follows for a long part of their life, and their progress in it.
   - Simple: The kind of work someone does for many years, and how they move forward in it.
   - _After graduate school, she launched a career in marine biology._
   - _Many teachers devote their entire careers to a single school._
3. The overall course of a person's actions or conduct, whether in life as a whole or in one particular area.
   - Simple: The path of what someone does over time, through their whole life or in one part of it.
   - _Her whole school career was a string of prizes and perfect report cards._
   - _Looking back on the reckless career of his youth, he regretted the friends he had let down._

## Verb

2. To move rapidly, especially in a way that is hard to control.
   - Simple: To move very fast, often out of control.
   - _The truck careered across three lanes before finally stopping._
   - _Loose barrels career across the deck whenever the ship rolls._

## Adjective

4. Following a particular occupation as a lasting profession rather than temporarily, whether an ordinary one or a criminal one.
   - Simple: Doing a kind of work as a long-term job, such as a soldier, a diplomat, or even a criminal.
   - _Detectives spent years tracking a career burglar across the state._
   - _She was a career diplomat who served under five presidents._
5. Doing a particular thing over and over as a habit rather than as a job; serial.
   - Simple: Doing something again and again, in a regular or repeated way.
   - _Editors grew tired of the career objector who challenged every proposal._
   - _She earned a reputation as a career rule-breaker at school._

## Noun

6. Rapid motion; the speed at which something moves, especially at full pace. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: The high speed at which something is moving.
7. A short gallop performed by a horse. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: A short burst of galloping by a horse.
8. A racecourse; the stretch of ground covered during a race. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: The track or ground that runners or horses race over.

## Other meanings

- (noun) The path a jouster follows while charging toward an opponent during a joust.
- (noun) The flight of a hawk, especially its course through the air while hunting.

## Origin

English took it from French 'carrière' ('road' or 'racecourse') in the mid 16th century. The French came by way of Italian 'carriera' and Old Occitan 'carreira' from Late Latin 'carrāria', a word built on Latin 'carrus' ('wheeled vehicle'), which goes back to a Proto-Indo-European root meaning 'to run'.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/career (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).