Main Entry:

¹ca·reer

Pronunciation:

\kə-ˈrir\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

Middle French carriere, from Old Occitan carriera street, from Medieval Latin carraria road for vehicles, from Latin carrus car

Date:

circa 1534

1 a: speed in a course <ran at full career> b: course, passage2: encounter, charge3: a field for or pursuit of consecutive progressive achievement especially in public, professional, or business life <Washington's career as a soldier>4: a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling <a career in medicine> <a career diplomat>