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Meaning of career in English
Sentence
career trong câu
Collocation
Collocation của từ career
career
noun [ C ]
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the job or series of jobs that you do during your working life, especially if you continue to get better jobs and earn more money:

He's hoping for a career in the police force/as a police officer.

When he retires he will be able to look back over a brilliant career (= a working life that has been very successful).

It helps if you can move a few rungs up the career ladder before taking time off to have a baby.

I took this new job because I felt that the career prospects were much better.

Judith is very career-minded/-oriented (= gives a lot of attention to her job).

career
adjective [ before noun ]
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having a job or position as part of the career that you are trained for and are normally paid to do, rather than being chosen for it as a member or supporter of a government or political party:

The White House asked the Senate to approve 60 political and career appointees, including a new housing secretary.

a career diplomat/ambassador

doing something regularly for most of your life, especially as your main way of making money:

Even though he already has begun his campaign for re-election, he insists he is not a career politician.

The perpetrator was a career criminal with a long series of drugs convictions.

career
verb [ I usually + adv/prep ]
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(especially of a vehicle) to move fast and in a way that is out of control:

The coach careered down a slope and collided with a bank.

career
noun [ C ]
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careernoun(JOB)

a job for which you are trained and in which it is possible to advance during your working life, so that you get greater responsibility and earn more money:

He’s hoping for a career in social work.

She left college to pursue an acting career.

career
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careerverb(MOVE)

(esp. of a vehicle) to move fast and without control:

The bus careered down a slope and hit a telephone pole.

career
adjective [ not gradable ]
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careeradjective(JOB)

done as a job all your life:

a career politician

career
noun [ C ]
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the job or series of jobs that you do during your working life, especially when this involves making progress to better jobs or is in a particular profession:

a career in sth He's hoping for a career in web design.

a career as sth I worked there early in my career as civil engineer.

a career with sth Sharon enjoyed a long career with the BBC.

pursue/make/have a career It is not easy to make a career in broadcasting.

a brilliant/successful/distinguished career

a political/medical/academic career

You should continue learning throughout your professional career.

career
adjective [ before noun ]
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related to your job:

career opportunities/prospects I took this new job because I felt that the career prospects were much better.

career choice/option For him, art was a way of life, not a career choice.

career-minded/-oriented Sean is very career-oriented and ambitious.

spending all or most of your working life in the same job or field:

a career diplomat/soldier/criminal

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