I. kə-ˈrir noun
Etymology: Middle French carriere, from Old Occitan carriera street, from Medieval Latin carraria road for vehicles, from Latin carrus car
Date: circa 1534
1.
a. : speed in a course
ran at full career
b. : course , passage
2. : encounter , charge
3. : a field for or pursuit of consecutive progressive achievement especially in public, professional, or business life
Washington's career as a soldier
4. : a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling
a career in medicine
a career diplomat
II. intransitive verb
Date: 1647
: to go at top speed especially in a headlong manner
a car career ed off the road