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say it: kur-IR
career is a noun and verb meaning "the particular occupation for which you are trained". It is pronounced /kɚˈɪɹ/ — kur-IR. It carries 3 recorded senses.
the particular occupation for which you are trained
the general progression of your working or professional life
“the general had had a distinguished career”
“he had a long career in the law”
move headlong at high speed
“The cars careered down the road”
“The mob careered through the streets”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for career come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.