Definition of Career

Babylon English
career
adj. professional, of a career
n. profession; fast run, gallop
v. rush, dash, speed, hurtle

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Career Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Career
(v. i.)
To move or run rapidly.
  
(n.)
The flight of a hawk.
  
(n.)
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.
  
(n.)
A running; full speed; a rapid course.
  
(n.)
A race course: the ground run over.
  

WordNet 2.0
career

Noun
1. the particular occupation for which you are trained
(synonym) calling, vocation
(hypernym) occupation, business, job, line of work, line
(hyponym) specialization, specialisation, specialty, speciality, specialism
2. the general progression of your working or professional life; "the general had had a distinguished career"; "he had a long career in the law"
(synonym) life history
(hypernym) progress, progression, procession, advance, advancement, forward motion, onward motion

Verb
1. move headlong at high speed; "The cars careered down the road"; "The mob careered through the streets"
(hypernym) travel, go, move, locomote

hEnglish - advanced version
career

career
\ca*reer"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. careered 3; p. pr. & vb. n. careering] to move or run rapidly. careering gayly over the curling waves. irving.
career
\ca*reer"\ (?), n. [f. carrière race course, high road, street, fr. l. carrus wagon. see car.]
1. a race course: the ground run over. to go back again the same career. sidney.
2. a running; full speed; a rapid course. when a horse is running in his full career.
3. 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. an impartial view of his whole career.
4. (falconry) the flight of a hawk.
career
n
1. the particular occupation for which you are trained [syn: calling, vocation]


2. the general progression of your working or professional life; "the general had had a distinguished career"; "he had a long career in the law" [syn: life history]
v : move headlong at high speed; "the cars careered down the road"; "the mob careered through the streets"



English Phonetics

JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary
Hyrwysg
Hyrwysg = a. of a free career


Career Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries

Company Info: Ticker, Name, Description
CECO
Career Education Corporation
Exchange: Nasdaq
Operates postsecondary education schools which offer a variety of bachelor's degree, associate degree and non-degree programs in career oriented disciplines within the curricula of computer technologies, visual communication and design technologies, business studies and culinary arts.

COWI
CAREER WORTH INC
Exchange: OTCBB
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Career Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries

Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia
Career
This article is about a person's occupational history; for the board game, see Careers (board game).
Career is a term defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as an individual's "course or progress through life (or a distinct portion of life)". It usually is considered to pertain to remunerative work (and sometimes also formal education).

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