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Noun: career  ku'rir [N. Amer], ku'riu(r) [Brit]
  1. The particular occupation for which you are trained
    - calling, vocation
     
  2. 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
Verb: career  ku'rir [N. Amer], ku'riu(r) [Brit]
  1. Move headlong at high speed
    "The cars careered down the road"; "The mob careered through the streets"

Sounds like: Korea, chorea

Derived forms: careering, careers, careered

See also: careerist

Type of: advance, advancement, business, forward motion, go, job, line, line of work, locomote, move, occupation, onward motion, procession, progress, progression, travel

Encyclopedia: Career