Definition of: career

(kə·rir′) noun
1. A free and swift course; a swift run or charge.
2. A complete course or progress extending through the life or a portion of it, especially when abounding in remarkable actions or incidents: His was a remarkable career.
3. A course of business, activity, or enterprise; especially, a course of professional life or employment.
4. A short, rapid gallop or encounter, as in a tournament; a charge; an assault.
5. Obs. Originally, a racecourse,
—v.i. To move with a swift, free, and headlong motion. [<F carrière racecourse <LL carraria (via) road for carriages <carrus wagon]
—ca·reer′er noun Synonyms (noun): achievement, charge, course, flight, passage, race, rush. Compare BUSINESS.