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Verb
/kəˈri(ə)r/,
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careers, plural;
  1. Move swiftly and in an uncontrolled way in a specified direction
    • - the car careered across the road and went through a hedge
Noun
  1. An occupation undertaken for a significant period of a person's life and with opportunities for progress

  2. The time spent by a person in such an occupation or profession
    • - the end of a distinguished career in the navy
  3. The progress through history of an institution or organization
    • - the court has had a checkered career
  4. Working permanently in or committed to a particular profession
    • - a career diplomat
  5. (of a woman) Interested in pursuing a profession rather than devoting all her time to child care and housekeeping


  1. (career) the particular occupation for which you are trained
  2. (career) move headlong at high speed; "The cars careered down the road"; "The mob careered through the streets"
  3. (career) the general progression of your working or professional life; "the general had had a distinguished career"; "he had a long career in the law"
  4. Careers is a board game first manufactured by Parker Brothers in 1955, which has been reprinted from time to time up to the present day. It was devised by the sociologist James Cooke Brown. ...
  5. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) assessment is a psychometric questionnaire designed to measure psychological preferences in how people perceive the world and make decisions. ...
  6. Career is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as an individual's "course or progress through life (or a distinct portion of life)". It is usually considered to pertain to remunerative work (and sometimes also formal education).
  7. (Career (1939 film)) Career is a 1939 drama film directed by Leigh Jason and starring Anne Shirley and Edward Ellis. The film was distributed by RKO Radio Pictures and centers on a rivalry between two men who are in love with the same girl.
  8. (Career (1959 film)) Career is a 1959 film drama about actor Sam Lawson (Tony Franciosa) bent on breaking into the big time at any cost, braving World War II, the Korean War and even the more recent blacklist, something that writer Dalton Trumbo knew all too well from being blacklisted himself.
  9. (career) One's calling in life; a person's occupation; one's profession; An individual’s work and life roles over their lifespan; speed; A jouster's path during a joust; A short gallop of a horse. [16th-18th c.]; To move rapidly straight ahead, especially in an uncontrolled way
  10. (Career) A chosen profession or occupation.
  11. (Career) A life-work chosen by a person to use personal talent, provide some service or goods, earn money, and contribute to society.
  12. (Career) The sequence of work that a person does for a living. Careers are unique to each person and are dynamic, unfolding throughout life.
  13. (Career) Business Development, Transitions, Raises and Promotions, Resumes and Interviews, Career Fulfillment
  14. (Career) Equates to "level" (undergraduate/graduate) in ISIS: undergraduate, graduate, law, and non-credit.  (Student Services term)
  15. (Career) Diplomacy · Family · Military leadership
  16. (Career) This is a profession which you have trained for and intend to stay for a period of time.
  17. (CAREER) In common use this refers to the sequence of stages through which people in a particular occupational sector move during the course of their employment . It has also been applied to analyzing the various stages of an individual's involvement with criminal activity.
  18. (1. Career) Career Coaching has three major areas of focus:
  19. (Career) A person's life work pattern; the way in which the individual expresses himself and relates to society through work. It can include education, training, politics, occupations, home, and family; a total progression.
  20. (Career) A profession or field of employment for which one studies or trains, such as financial services or medicine. (See Job.)
  21. (Career) An occupation selected and pursued as the chief area of employment during your working life. A career usually involves the development of skills and the aim of successive promotions.
  22. (Career) Cause of mindless and repetitive drudgery.
  23. (Career) Did pretty much anything you can imagine
  24. (Career) One of the eight life areas of the Ba-Gua. Career is placed at the front main entrance and represents aspirations in life and new opportunities.
  25. (Career) Pattern of activities and positions involved in an individual's lifetime to work to which the person has made a long-term commitment.