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careered

ca·reer
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [kuh-reer]
    • /kəˈrɪər/
    • /kəˈrɪər/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kuh-reer]
    • /kəˈrɪər/

Definitions of careered word

  • noun careered an occupation or profession, especially one requiring special training, followed as one's lifework: He sought a career as a lawyer. 1
  • noun careered 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. 1
  • noun careered success in a profession, occupation, etc. 1
  • noun careered a course, especially a swift one. 1
  • noun careered speed, especially full speed: The horse stumbled in full career. 1
  • noun careered Archaic. a charge at full speed. 1

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Origin of careered

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 Careered

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

careered 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".

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Synonyms for careered

verb careered

  • stream — a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
  • gallop — to ride a horse at a gallop; ride at full speed: They galloped off to meet their friends.
  • spring — String PRocessING language
  • dash — If you dash somewhere, you run or go there quickly and suddenly.
  • follow — to come after in sequence, order of time, etc.: The speech follows the dinner.

noun careered

  • jobbed — a piece of work, especially a specific task done as part of the routine of one's occupation or for an agreed price: She gave him the job of mowing the lawn.
  • coursed — a direction or route taken or to be taken.
  • raced — a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
  • orbited — the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
  • progressed — a movement toward a goal or to a further or higher stage: the progress of a student toward a degree.

Antonyms for careered

verb careered

  • shun — to keep away from (a place, person, object, etc.), from motives of dislike, caution, etc.; take pains to avoid.
  • delay — If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
  • slow — moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
  • retreat — the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.
  • dally — If you dally, you act or move very slowly, wasting time.

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