career
/kəˈɹɪɹ/ noun B1- One’s calling in life; one's working occupation or profession, especially when pursued seriously or over a long period of time.
- The course, evolution, and ongoing advancement of one's working life, especially in one particular field. · Washington’s career as a soldier· This scandal could ruin his career.
- The general course of one's action or conduct in life, or in a particular area of life.
- A jouster's path during a joust.
- The flight of a hawk.
Plural careers
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My career is closed.
The man from the West, his egotism enlarged by success, was beginning to outline the history of his career.
He was a very brilliant boy, and carried away every prize which the school had to offer, finished his exploits by winning a scholarship which sent him on to continue his triumphant career at Cambridge.
It is possible even that you may have heard that through my uncle’s influence I obtained a good appointment at the Foreign Office, and that I was in a situation of trust and honour until a horrible misfortune came suddenly to blast my career.
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