career
/kəˈɹɪɹ/ verb C2- To move rapidly straight ahead, especially in an uncontrolled way. · The car careered down the road, missed the curve, and went through a hedge.
He/she/it careers · Past careered · Past participle careered · -ing form careering
Verb forms
- Base form
- career
- He/she/it
- careers
- Past
- careered
- Past participle
- careered
- -ing form
- careering
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My career is closed.
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.
I fear that the incident must have a very prejudicial effect upon his career.”
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