MEANING
1. To rush along quickly, often with little control over direction.
2. A person's working life or long-term pursuit of a profession or activity.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- career down the road
- career through the streets
On the page
A loose barrel careered across the deck as the ship rolled.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- career
- Past tense
- careered
- Past participle
- careered
- Present participle
- careering
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- career
- Present continuous
- am/is/are careering
- Present perfect
- have/has careered
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been careering
- Past
- careered
- Past continuous
- was/were careering
- Past perfect
- had careered
- Past perfect continuous
- had been careering
- Future
- will career
- Future continuous
- will be careering
- Future perfect
- will have careered
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been careering
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: career; careers; careered; careered; careering. Noun singular career; plural careers. Writing functions: action, character, biography. Commonness: verb moderately common; noun common. Different verb and noun meanings separated.
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