career

  • 11career — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 series of jobs that a person has ADJECTIVE ▪ long ▪ brief, short ▪ brilliant, distinguished, glittering (esp. BrE), illustrious …

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  • 12career — ca|reer1 [ kə rır ] noun count *** a job or series of related jobs that you do, especially a profession that you spend a lot of your working life in: Choosing a career can be a very difficult decision. the problems of combining a career and a… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 13career — n. 1) to carve out, make a career (for oneself) 2) to enter on; launch a career 3) to abandon, give up one s career 4) to cut short smb. s career (the accident cut short her career) 5) a brilliant, distinguished; checkered; promising; successful; …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 14career — 01. He hopes to pursue a [career] in advertising. 02. This latest scandal has put an end to a long political [career]. 03. Joni Mitchell is a famous singer who also has a separate [career] as a painter. 04. He doesn t spend much time with his… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 15career — ca|reer1 W2S2 [kəˈrıə US ˈrır] n [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: carrière, from Old Provençal carriera street , from Latin carrus; CAR] 1.) a job or profession that you have been trained for, and which you do for a long period of your life… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 16career*/*/ — [kəˈrɪə] noun [C] I 1) a job or profession that you work at for some time the problems of combining a career and a family[/ex] Rosen had decided on an academic career.[/ex] He felt like having a career change and went into teaching.[/ex] a career …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 17career — [[t]kərɪ͟ə(r)[/t]] ♦♦ careers, careering, careered 1) N COUNT A career is the job or profession that someone does for a long period of their life. She is now concentrating on a career as a fashion designer... Dennis had recently begun a… …

    English dictionary

  • 18career — 1 noun (C) 1 a job or profession that you have been trained for and intend to do for several years: a career in banking | He realized that his acting career was over. | career change (=when you start a completely different job or profession) |… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 19career — /keuh rear /, n. 1. an occupation or profession, esp. one requiring special training, followed as one s lifework: He sought a career as a lawyer. 2. a person s progress or general course of action through life or through a phase of life, as in… …

    Universalium

  • 20career — A patterned sequence of occupational roles through which individuals move over the course of a working life, implying increased prestige and other rewards, although not excluding downward occupational and social mobility. The sociological concept …

    Dictionary of sociology