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Meaning of 'career' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Career [ n.]
- A race course: the ground run over.
- A running; full speed; a rapid course.
- 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.
- The flight of a hawk.
2 . Career [ v. i.]
- To move or run rapidly.

Meaning of 'career' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . career [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the general progression of your working or professional life
Example in sentence:
  • he had a long career in the law;
  • the general had had a distinguished career
2 . career [ v]
Meaning (2):
- move headlong at high speed
Example in sentence:
  • The cars careered down the road;
  • The mob careered through the streets

Nearby Words:

car car wheel carabid carabine carabineer caraboid carabus carac caracal caracara

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