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# career

noun (a career, careers); verb (career, careers, careered, careering)

«career» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A career is the job or kind of work someone does for a long part of their life, often getting better at it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/career/#m1)
2. Your career at school is your time there. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/career/#m2)
3. To career is to move fast and out of control: the bike careered down the hill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/career/#m3)
4. A career can also be a wild, fast rush forward that you cannot control. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/career/#m4)

### In the lessons

Used in careers lessons and careers days, talk about grown-ups' jobs («a career in nursing»), and in stories for wild movement.

### Examples

- She wants a career as a vet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/career/#x1)
- Careers day helped me think about jobs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/career/#x2)
- Grandpa had a long career as a train driver. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/career/#x3)
- Dad changed careers and became a teacher. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/career/#x4)
- The runaway trolley careered across the car park. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/career/#x5)
- The footballer's career ended after his injury. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/career/#x6)
- Far in advance, Moti continued his wild career. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/career/#x7)

### Note

Stress: ca-REER. US spells it the same. Do not confuse with «carer» (someone who looks after a sick person) or «courier».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «career» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/career/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«career» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/career.html) on Mova free.