How to pronounce career
American English pronunciation
kuh-REER
- IPA
- /kəˈɹɪɹ/
- Syllables
- kuh · REER (2 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
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What career means
The kind of work a person does for most of their life
In a sentence: Grandpa had a long career as a bus driver and loved every year of it.
Where it comes from: It came into English in the mid 16th century from a French word for a road or racecourse. That word goes back to the Latin word for a wagon.
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Another meaning
To rush along out of control
In a sentence: We watched the empty sled career down the icy hill and into a snowbank.
Where it comes from: It comes from French carriere, a road or racecourse, from Latin carrus, a wagon. In English it once meant a horse's short gallop, and the job meaning is the same word.
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