noun
career
kuh-REER/kəˈrɪr/
The course of a person's work or achievement over time.
His career develops from apprentice carpenter to experienced workshop leader.
Etymology
A road or racecourse supplied the image of a course followed through time. From a general course of action, career came to mean the course of someone's public or professional life.
In context
over the long term of your career you know there's going to be times when you're going to want to rely on your network
More examples
- She changed careers after moving to the coast.
- The award marked a turning point in his career.
- Several careers began at that small theater.
Forms
career · careers
careerist noun — Someone strongly focused on professional advancement.
Similar words
- profession
- A field of work rather than an individual progress through it.
- vocation
- Often work felt as a calling rather than an entire work history.