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# taking a career break

phrase (verb phrase; take, takes, took, taking a career break)

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

## In the primary school

Source: Mova's pupils' dictionary. Licence: [Elamur Cosmic License](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/LICENSE/). Reviewed: the dictionary the pupils of Mova's primary school read; its examples quote the lessons and public-domain tales. Ships with Mova.

### Meaning

1. stopping paid work for a time, for example to look after children, travel or study.
2. (euphemism) being out of work or unemployed.

### In the lessons

Used on CVs and in conversation as a positive way to explain time without a job; polite, all regions.

### Examples

- Mum is taking a career break to look after the baby.
- He's taking a career break to travel around the world.
- On his CV he wrote that he was taking a career break.
- "I'm between jobs; well, taking a career break."
- Many teachers take a career break and come back.
- She took a career break to care for her father.

### Note

Can be a true planned break or a nicer way to say unemployed. In maths, career break time is subtracted from working years.