career
To move rapidly straight ahead, especially in an uncontrolled wayTo move rapidly straight ahead, especially in an uncontrolled way.
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» 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
1 sensesTo move rapidly straight ahead, especially in an uncontrolled way.
The car careered down the road, missed the curve, and went through a hedge.
- move headlong at high speed
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.
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
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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Forms
careers, careering, careered, careeredSynonyms
1 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- B1Work and jobs — Because the lesson uses it
- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.