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- [kuh-reer]
- /kəˈrɪər/
- /kəˈrɪə(r)/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [kuh-reer]
- /kəˈrɪər/
Definitions of career word
- countable noun career A career is the job or profession that someone does for a long period of their life. 3
- countable noun career Your career is the part of your life that you spend working. 3
- adjective career Careers advice or guidance in British English, or career advice or guidance in American English, consists of information about different jobs and help with deciding what kind of job you want to do. 3
- verb career If a person or vehicle careers somewhere, they move fast and in an uncontrolled way. 3
- noun career a path or progress through life or history 3
- noun career a profession or occupation chosen as one's life's work 3
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Origin of career
First appearance:
before 1525 One of the 28% oldest English words
1525-35; < Middle French carriere < Old Provençal carriera literally, road < Late Latin carrāria (via) vehicular (road), equivalent to Latin carr(us) wagon (see car1) + -āria, feminine of -ārius -ary
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Parts of speech for Career
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
career popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
career usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for career
noun career
- course — Course is often used in the expression 'of course', or instead of 'of course' in informal spoken English. See of course.
- race — Cape, a cape at the SE extremity of Newfoundland.
- orbit — the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- passage — a slow, cadenced trot executed with great elevation of the feet and characterized by a moment of suspension before the feet strike the ground.
- pilgrimage — a journey, especially a long one, made to some sacred place as an act of religious devotion: a pilgrimage to Lourdes.
adjective career
- vocational — of, relating to, or connected with a vocation or occupation: a vocational aptitude.
- occupational — of or relating to an occupation, trade, or calling: occupational guidance.
- professional — following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder.
verb career
- rush — to move, act, or progress with speed, impetuosity, or violence.
- hurry — to move, proceed, or act with haste (often followed by up): Hurry, or we'll be late. Hurry up, it's starting to rain.
- dash — If you dash somewhere, you run or go there quickly and suddenly.
- hurtle — to rush violently; move with great speed: The car hurtled down the highway.
- tear — the act of tearing.
Antonyms for career
noun career
- avocation — Your avocation is a job or activity that you do because you are interested in it, rather than to earn your living.
- recreation — the act of creating anew.
- amusement — Amusement is the feeling that you have when you think that something is funny or amusing.
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