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How to pronounce career in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms life history
Type of progress, advancement, forward motion, onward motion, procession, advance, progression
Derivation careerist


the general had had a distinguished career.
he had a long career in the law.
Type Words
Synonyms calling, vocation
Type of business, line, line of work, occupation, job
Has types speciality, specialization, specialty, walk, walk of life, lifework, professional life, business life, specialisation, specialism
Type Words
Type of travel, locomote, go, move


The cars careered down the road.
The mob careered through the streets.

Examples of career

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Allen began his teaching career as an elementary school science teacher in 1995.
From the tennessean.com
Why did you decide to run for district court judge at this point in your career?
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In five career playoff games, Briggs has 47 tackles, a sack and an interception.
From the bostonherald.com
Who knows where the actor's career will go once the Harry Potter franchise ends.
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He retired after a career as a maintenance mechanic at McClellan Air Force Base.
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Cuevas pinpointed his career achievement as once reaching the Moscow semifinals.
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The goal came on a free kick and denied Matt Pickens of his 26th career shutout.
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Career 815 catches, 10,060 yards, 62 TDs were tight-end records when he retired.
From the thenewstribune.com
Thompson, a junior guard, passed Don Collins for third in career scoring at WSU.
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More examples
  • Move headlong at high speed; "The cars careered down the road"; "The mob careered through the streets"
  • The particular occupation for which you are trained
  • The general progression of your working or professional life; "the general had had a distinguished career"; "he had a long career in the law"
  • 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).
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • (Careers (game)) 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. ...
  • (Careers (Myers-Briggs)) 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. ...
  • (Careers) Global Graduate Program Career Opportunities