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/kərˈɪr/ Listen

noun

Career n.

A race course: the ground run over. "To go back again the same career."

A running; full speed; a rapid course. "When a horse is running in his full career."

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."

(Falconry) The flight of a hawk.

verb

Career v. i. (past & past part. careered; pres. part. careering) To move or run rapidly. "Careering gayly over the curling waves."

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Etymology of 'Career'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Career" Quotes from Famous Books

... was not so cruel, but said to this man, 'You have served a certain amount of time; now go and prove your sorrow for your crime by making yourself a faithful servant, and in good time you shall go free, with an opportunity for commencing a new career.'" ...

— First in the Field - A Story of New South Wales • George Manville Fenn

... story. I cast about in my mind for various models, as a sort of guide; but the only spirits that emerged from the vasty deep were Dr. Blimber and Cornelia. With an inconvenient perversity, they refused to be laid, and kept dancing before me all day. In entering upon my career, I was firmly impressed with two convictions: one was that I didn't know anything, and the other was that my pupils would speedily find ...

— Continental Monthly , Vol IV, Issue VI, December 1863 - Devoted to Literature and National Policy. • Various

... of his wife's action,—which might easily have ruined his career—Fremont pushed on. The howitzer accompanied him into Oregon, back through into Nevada, and is clearly seen in the picture of Pyramid Lake drawn by Mr. Preuss (which appears in the original report), showing it after it had traveled in the ...

— The Lake of the Sky • George Wharton James

... made in that country; and then by artful practices, produced their indentures as servants, in consequence of which on their arrival in America they were sold, or at least obliged to serve a term of years to pay for their passage. This business, no doubt, proved a fit apprenticeship for the career of ...

— American Prisoners of the Revolution • Danske Dandridge

... historical proportion is more fully developed in men's minds, the name of Voltaire will stand out like the names of the great decisive movements in the European advance, like the Revival of Learning or the Reformation. The existence, character, and career of this extraordinary person constituted in themselves a new and prodigious era" (Morley). To understand Voltaire and the secret of his fame would be to understand France before the Revolution. His mission was to exalt and popularize reason; and since a great part of the institutions of his day ...

— An Introduction to the History of Western Europe • James Harvey Robinson

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