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career

1. ca.reer \k*-'ri(*)r\ n [MF carie're, fr. OProv carriera street, fr. ML 
   carraria roa]d for vehicles, fr. L carrus car 1a: COURSE, PASSAGE  1b: full 
   speed or exercise of activity  2: ENCOUNTER, CHARGE  3: a course of 
   continued progress  4: a profession for which one trains and which is 
   undertaken as a permanent  calling
2. career vi : to go at top speed esp. in a headlong manner