career
Doing something professionally, for a livingDoing something professionally, for a living (generally said of something that is not a commonplace job, e.g. criminal activity).
» Your family should come before your career.
Deine Familie sollte dir wichtiger sein als deine Karriere. — samueldora
Семья должна быть превыше карьеры. — sharptoothed
Родина має бути важливіша за кар'єру. — aandrusiak
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(not comparable)Doing something professionally, for a living (generally said of something that is not a commonplace job, e.g. criminal activity).
a career burglar
(broadly, not comparable)Synonym of serial (“doing something regularly”).
a career rapist
Examples
484 sentencesYour family should come before your career.
Родина має бути важливіша за кар'єру. — aandrusiak
ruСемья должна быть превыше карьеры. — sharptoothed
deDeine Familie sollte dir wichtiger sein als deine Karriere. — samueldora
Tom doesn't want to spend the rest of his career in middle management.
Том не хоче залишатись менеджером середньої ланки до завершення своєї кар'єри. — oromashka · CC BY 2.0 FR
My family comes before my career.
Tom had a very successful career.
Tom chose music as a career.
Origin
Mid 16th century, from French carrière (“road; racecourse”), from Italian carriera, from OMid 16th century, from French carrière (“road; racecourse”), from Italian carriera, from Old Occitan carreira, from Late Latin carrāria based on Latin carrus (“wheeled vehicle”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós, from *ḱers- (“to run”); alternatively, from Middle French carriere, from Old Occitan.
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Synonyms
1 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- B1Work and jobs — Because the lesson uses it