<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>An occupation or profession, especially one requiring special training, followed as one's lifework: He sought a career as a lawyer.</li><li>A person's progress or general course of action through life or through a phase of life, as in some profession or undertaking: His career as a soldier ended with the armistice.</li><li>Success in a profession, occupation, etc.</li><li>A course, especially a swift one.</li><li>Speed, especially full speed: The horse stumbled in full career.</li><li>A charge at full speed.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>To run or move rapidly along; go at full speed.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>Having or following a career; professional: a career diplomat.</li></ul>