career

Definitions

1. noun

   The job or kind of work that a person does for many years.

   Examples

   • She built a successful career in medicine.
   • He chose a career in engineering after college.
2. noun

   A person's working life and how it moves forward.

   Examples

   • This scandal could ruin his career.
   • Her career as a teacher began in a small village.
3. noun

   The long course of a person's life or work in one area.

   Examples

   • His career as a public servant lasted three decades.
   • She looked back on her long career of activism.
4. noun

   In old-fashioned use, a fast speed.

   Examples

   • The horse ran at full career across the field.
   • He rode down the hill at a fierce career.
5. noun

   In the past, the path a knight rode during a joust.

   Examples

   • The knight charged down the career toward his opponent.
   • The crowd watched both knights ride the career.
6. noun

   In old-fashioned use, a short, fast run of a horse.

   Examples

   • The horse broke into a quick career across the field.
   • He gave the horse a brief career before the race.
7. noun

   In old-fashioned use, the flight of a hawk.

   Examples

   • The hunter watched the hawk's swift career across the sky.
   • The hawk's career carried it high above the valley.
8. noun

   In old-fashioned use, a racecourse or the ground a horse runs over.

   Examples

   • The horses thundered down the career toward the finish.
   • Fences marked the edges of the career.
9. verb

   To rush forward quickly and out of control.

   Examples

   • The car careered down the road and crashed into a hedge.
   • The runaway truck careered down the hill.
   ≈careen
10. adjective

    Doing something as a full-time job or way of life.

    Examples

    • The police finally caught the career burglar.
    • He was a career soldier who served for thirty years.