career

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UK /kəˈɹɪə/ US /kəˈɹɪɹ/

noun 5adj 2verb 1

Collocations

(noun.) series of jobs that a person has

ADJ

long | brief, short

brilliant, distinguished, glittering, good, great, successful

She enjoyed a brilliant career in medicine before retiring at sixty.

promising

flagging

The athlete decided to try a new sport to revive her flagging career.

chosen

My father was happy with his chosen career in engineering.

academic, acting, diplomatic, literary, medical, military, musical, political, sporting, teaching

playing, professional, recording, stage

She decided to pursue a professional career in nursing after volunteering at the hospital.

VERB + CAREER

build, carve out, have, make, pursue

After graduating, she decided to pursue a career in environmental science.

begin, embark on, launch, start (out on)

My sister began her career in marketing after graduating from university last year.

boost | abandon, give up

cut short, end, ruin, wreck

A serious injury ended her promising career as a professional dancer.

resume | change

CAREER + VERB

last sth, span sth

His football career lasted nearly two decades before he retired from professional sport.

start, take off | be over, end

CAREER + NOUN

careers advice/guidance/information, careers adviser/officer, careers service

break

She decided to take a career break after working in finance for ten years.

advancement, development, ladder, path, progression

She made steady career progression by working hard and learning new skills each year.

choice, move

Changing jobs to work abroad was the best career move she ever made.

opportunities, prospects, structure

Working abroad opened many new career opportunities for her.

civil servant, diplomat, soldier | girl, woman

PREP

during/throughout your ~

He worked as a teacher throughout his career and touched many lives.

~ in

My uncle spent thirty years building a successful career in nursing.

~ with

She spent thirty years building a successful career with an international technology company.

PHRASES

the peak/height of your career

He reached the height of his career when he became the company's youngest director.

a change of career

(noun.) period of your life spent working/doing sth

ADJ

chequered, colourful, turbulent, varied

She enjoyed a colourful career working as a teacher, journalist, and documentary filmmaker.

school, working

After finishing high school, he began his career as a mechanic.

VERB + CAREER

have

(verb.)

ADV

wildly

The shopping cart careered wildly across the parking lot after he lost his grip.

around

The skateboard riders careered around the parking lot at high speed.

PREP

down, into, off, through

The skateboard went careening down the steep hill before crashing into a fence.

Definitions

noun

One’s calling in life; one's working occupation or profession, especially when pursued seriously or over a long period of time.

When they’ve tortured and scared you for twenty-odd years, / Then they expect you to pick a career

The course, evolution, and ongoing advancement of one's working life, especially in one particular field.

Washington’s career as a soldier

This scandal could ruin his career.

The general course of one's action or conduct in life, or in a particular area of life.

As I explored the possibility of a library science path, having previously been employed in libraries during my school career and afterwards, I decided that I needed to actually experience work in a library setting full time again […]

Speed.

What rein can hold licentious wickedness When down the hill he holds his fierce career?

when a horse is running in his full career

A jouster's path during a joust.

These knights, therefore, their aim being thus eluded, rushed from opposite sides betwixt the object of their attack and the Templar, almost running their horses against each other ere they could stop their career.

verb

To move rapidly straight ahead, especially in an uncontrolled way.

The car careered down the road, missed the curve, and went through a hedge.

He likens the story of his 20s to “a fully fuelled jumbo jet just reaching take-off point and having to slam on the brakes. You’ve got this enormous bloody thing careering off the end of the runway, through the fence, through the house next door, bursting into flames and me crawling out and scraping my wounds for 10 years. I won't be flying that one again.”

adj

Doing something professionally, for a living (generally said of something that is not a commonplace job, e.g. criminal activity).

a career burglar

Studies on homeless income find that the typical “career panhandler” who dedicates his time overwhelmingly to begging can make between $600 and $1,500 a month.

Synonym of serial (“doing something regularly”).

a career rapist

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the particular occupation for which you are trained

calling
vocation

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

make a career of

To do something habitually, especially in such a way as to acquire a reputation for it.

Example Bank

When they’ve tortured and scared you for twenty-odd years, / Then they expect you to pick a career

Wiktionary

Washington’s career as a soldier

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This scandal could ruin his career.

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The car careered down the road, missed the curve, and went through a hedge.

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However, the hosts hit back and hit back hard, first replacement hooker Andrew Hore sliding over, then Williams careering out of his own half and leaving several defenders for dead before flipping the

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, career is marked as archaic. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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