[ca.reer] n [MF carriere, fr. OProv carriera street, fr. ML carraria road for vehicles, fr. L carrus car] (1580) 1 a: speed in a course "ran at full ~" b: course, passage
2: encounter, charge
3: a field for or pursuit of consecutive progressive achievement esp. in public, professional, or business life "Washington's ~ as a soldier"
4: a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling "a ~ diplomat"
[2]career vi (1647): to go at top speed esp. in a headlong manner "a car ~ed off the road"