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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Career \Ca*reer"\, n. [F. carri[`e]re race course, high road, street, fr L. carrus wagon. See {Car}.] 1. A race course: the ground run over To go back again the same career. --Sir P. Sidney. 2. A running; full speed; a rapid course. When a horse is running in his full career. --Wilkins. 3. General course of action or conduct in life, or in a particular part or calling in life, or in some special undertaking; usually applied to course or conduct which is of a public character; as Washington's career as a soldier. An impartial view of his whole career. --Macaulay. 4. (Falconry) The flight of a hawk. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Career \Ca*reer"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Careered} 3; p. pr & vb n. {Careering}] To move or run rapidly. areering gayly over the curling waves. --W. Irving. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: career n 1: the particular occupation for which you are trained [syn: {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" [syn: {life history}] v : move headlong at high speed; "The cars careered down the road"; "The mob careered through the streets"
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