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ca·reer  (k-rîr)

n.

1.

a. A chosen pursuit; a profession or occupation.

b. The general course or progression of one's working life or one's professional achievements: an officer with a distinguished career; a teacher in the midst of a long career.

2. A path or course, as of the sun through the heavens.

3. Speed: "My hasting days fly on with full career" (John Milton).

adj.

Doing what one does as a permanent occupation or lifework: career diplomats; a career criminal.

intr.v. ca·reered, ca·reer·ing, ca·reers

To move or run at full speed; rush. See Usage Note at careen.

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[French carrière, from Old French, racecourse, from Old Provençal carriera, street, from Medieval Latin (via) carrria, (road) for carts, feminine of carrrius, from Latin carrus, a Gallic type of wagon; see kers- in Indo-European roots.]

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career [kəˈrɪə]

n

1. a path or progress through life or history

2. a profession or occupation chosen as one's life's work

3. (modifier) having or following a career as specified a career diplomat

4. a course or path, esp a swift or headlong one

vb

(intr) to move swiftly along; rush in an uncontrolled way

[from French carrière, from Late Latin carrāria carriage road, from Latin carrus two-wheeled wagon, car]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	career - the particular occupation for which you are trained calling, vocation job, line of work, occupation, business, line - the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he's not in my line of business" specialism, specialization, specialty, speciality, specialisation - the special line of work you have adopted as your career; "his specialization is gastroenterology" lifework - the principal work of your career walk of life, walk - careers in general; "it happens in all walks of life" business life, professional life - a career in industrial or commercial or professional activities
	2.	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" life history forward motion, onward motion, advancement, progress, progression, procession, advance - the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)
Verb	1.	career - move headlong at high speed; "The cars careered down the road"; "The mob careered through the streets" go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"

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career

noun

1. occupation, calling, employment, pursuit, vocation, livelihood, life's work She is now concentrating on a career as a fashion designer

2. progress, course, path, procedure, passage The club has had an interesting, if chequered, career.

verb

rush, race, speed, tear, dash, barrel (along) (informal, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), bolt, hurtle, burn rubber (informal) The car went careering off down the track.

Translations

career [kəˈrɪəʳ]

A. N (= occupation) → profesión f; (= working life) → carrera f profesional
he made a career (for himself) in advertising → se dedicó a la publicidad, desarrolló su carrera profesional en el campo de la publicidad

B. VI → correr a toda velocidad
to career down the street → correr calle abajo
to career into a wall → estrellarse contra un muro

C. CPD [diplomat, soldier] → de carrera; [criminal] → profesional
career girl N → mujer f de carrera
career move N → cambio m (en la trayectoria)profesional
a good/bad career move → una buena/mala decisión para la trayectoria profesional
career prospects NPL → perspectivas fpl profesionales
careers advisor (Brit) careers counselor (US) N (Scol) persona encargada de la guía vocacional de los alumnos
careers guidance N (Brit) → guía f vocacional
careers office N → oficina f de guía vocacional
careers officer N → consejero/a m/f de orientación profesional
careers service N → servicio m de orientación profesional
careers teacher N (Brit) (Scol) = careers advisor career woman N → mujer f de carrera

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career [kəˈrɪə^r]

n

(in job) → carrière f

(= period) → carrière f

vi (= move fast) [person, vehicle] → aller à toute allure
career criminal n → professionnel/elle m/f du crime
career girl n → jeune femme f ambitieuse
career move n
It was a good career move → C'était une bonne décision sur le plan professionnel.
What's your next career move going to be? → Quelle sera la prochaine étape dans votre carrière?
career prospects npl → possibilités fpl d'avancement
careers advisor (British) careers counselor (US) n → conseiller/ère m/f d'orientation professionnelle
careers guidance n (British) → orientation f professionnelle
career woman n → femme f ambitieuse

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career

n → Karriere f; (= profession, job) → Beruf m; (= working life) → Laufbahn f; journalism is his new career → er hat jetzt die Laufbahn des Journalisten eingeschlagen; to make a career for oneself → Karriere machen

attr → Karriere-; soldier, diplomat → Berufs-; a good/bad career move → ein karrierefördernder/karriereschädlicher Schritt

vi → rasen; to career along → rasen; the car careered out of control → das Auto geriet außer Kontrolle

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career [kəˈrɪəʳ]

1. n (occupation) → professione f; (working life) → carriera

2. vi (also career along) → sfrecciare, andare di gran carriera

3. adj (diplomat, soldier) → di carriera

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career [kəˈrɪəʳ]

1. n (occupation) → professione f; (working life) → carriera

2. vi (also career along) → sfrecciare, andare di gran carriera

3. adj (diplomat, soldier) → di carriera

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career

n career [kəˈriə]

1 a way of making a living (usually professional) a career in publishing. beroep; loopbaan مِهْنَةُ حَياه професия kariéra; životní dráha levevej; karriere die Karriere σταδιοδρομία, καριέρα carrera teenistuskäik پیشه؛ حرفه ura carrière מִקְצוֹע पेशा karijera hivatás karier lífsstarf, ævistarf carriera 職業 직업 profesinė veikla karjera profession carria levevei, profesjon, karriere kariera, zawód carreira carieră карьера životná dráha, kariéra kariera karijera karriär อาชีพ meslek, kariyer 職業 кар'єра; діяльність طرز معاش nghề nghiệp 职业

2 course; progress (through life) The present government is nearly at the end of its career. loop سيْرُ الحَياةِ العَمَلِيَّهَ кариера dráha løbebane die Laufbahn θητεία, πορεία carrera (elu)tee کار؛ دوره elämänkulku, tie carrière קַרִייֵרָה जीवन-यात्रा tok života pályafutás arah (starfs)ferill percorso 経歴 경력 gyvavimas, veikla pro-gress; karjera perkhidmatan levensloop løpebane, levnet, liv(sløp) kadencja, okres curso mandat, carieră деятельность dráha življenjska pot mandat bana ช่วงเวลา meslek hayatı 生涯 діяльність راستہ ، ترقی sự nghiệp 历程

v

to move rapidly and dangerously The brakes failed and the car careered down the hill. voortsnel يَعْدو، يَنْدَفِ بِسُرْعَه препускам řítit se suse; fræse rasen ορμώ ανεξέλεγκτα ir a toda velocidad tormama با سعت زیاد و بی اختیار حرکت کردن kiitää aller à toute vitesse לָנוּע בִּמְהיִרוּת पूर्ण गति से चलना, दौड्ना ludo juriti vágtat meluncur æða, þjóta andare di gran carriera 疾走する 돌진하다 nuriedėti drāzties meluncur voortdaveren rase, suse, kjøre i vill fart pędzić disparar a goni нестись (во весь опор) rútiť sa drveti juriti ila, rusa, fara วิ่งอย่างรวดเร็ว tam gaz gitmek, çılgınca bir süratle gitmek 猛衝 мчати що є духу اندھا دھند ، بلا قابو کے chạy nhanh 猛冲

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career → حقل النشاط kariéra karriere Karriere καριέρα carrera ura carrière karijera carriera キャリア 경력 carrière karriere kariera carreira карьера karriär อาชีพการทำงาน kariyer nghề nghiệp 事业