career

/kəˈrɪr/

nounca · reer

Your CARE can take you far—CARE + REAR (the back) reminds you there are two e’s at the REAR: care + reer.

Yes, it's career. Remember the ending is -eer (like engineer): car + eer is wrong—it's ca + reer with double e.

Definitions

  1. nounA job or profession that someone does for a long time, often with chances to advance.
  2. nounThe course or progress of someone’s work life or a long-term pursuit.
  3. nounA fast, uncontrolled movement in a particular direction (less common).

Examples

  • After college, Maya started her career as a nurse.
  • He changed careers twice before finding work he truly enjoyed.
  • The bicycle hit a rock and careered down the hill.

Synonyms

professionoccupationjobvocationline of work

Antonyms

unemploymentidleness

Translations

ES carreraPT carreiraFR carrière

Common misspellings

carearcarercarrercareeercareircarreercarr eercare-er

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