(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is the job or profession that someone does for a long period of their life.
She is now concentrating on a ~ as a fashion designer...
...a ~ in journalism.
...a political ~.
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2.
Your ~ is the part of your life that you spend working.
During his ~, he wrote more than fifty plays...
She began her ~ as a teacher.
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3.
Careers advice or guidance in British English, or ~ advice or guidance in American English, consists of information about different jobs and help with deciding what kind of job you want to do.
Get hold of the company list from your ~s advisory service.
ADJ: ADJ n
4.
If a person or vehicle ~s somewhere, they move fast and in an uncontrolled way.
His car ~ed into a river...
He went ~ing off down the track.
= hurtle
VERB: oft cont, V prep/adv, V prep/adv