career

Definition

Examples

He began his career as an assistant at a small advertising agency.

Word Family

Synonyms

• professionthe body of people in a learned occupation
• vocationthe particular occupation for which you are trained
• occupationthe principal activity in your life that you do to earn money

Collocations

• Easy choose a suitable professional career
  to choose a suitable professional career, meaning to pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
• Medium explore internal career advancement pathways
  to explore internal career advancement pathways, meaning to inquire into
• Hard navigating mid-career transitional shifts
  to navigating mid-career transitional shifts, meaning to travel on water propelled by wind or by other means
• Very Hard career trajectory derailed by scandal
  to career trajectory derailed by scandal, meaning to move headlong at high speed