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career
English
Etymology
Mid 16th century, from French carrière (a road or racecourse), from Italian carriera, from Old Occitan carreira, from Late Latin carr?ria based on Latin carrus 'wheeled vehicle'. Alternatively, from Middle French carriere, from Old Occitan carriera ("road"), from Late Latin carr?ria.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /k?????/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /k?????/
- Homophone (non-rhotic accents only): Korea
- Rhymes: -??(?)
Noun
career (plural careers)
- One's calling in life; a person's occupation; one's profession.
- General course of action or conduct in life, or in a particular part of it.
- (archaic) Speed.
- 1648, John Wilkins, Mathematical Magick
- when a horse is running in his full career
- 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 3, chapter XIII, Democracy
- It may be admitted that Democracy, in all meanings of the word, is in full career; irresistible by any Ritter Kauderwalsch or other Son of Adam, as times go.
- 1648, John Wilkins, Mathematical Magick
- A jouster's path during a joust.
- 1819: Sir Walter Scott, Ivanhoe
- These knights, therefore, their aim being thus eluded, rushed from opposite sides betwixt the object of their attack and the Templar, almost running their horses against each other ere they could stop their career.
- 1819: Sir Walter Scott, Ivanhoe
- (obsolete) A short gallop of a horse. [16th-18th c.]
- 1603, John Florio, trans. Michel de Montaigne, Essyas, I.48:
- It is said of Cæsar […] that in his youth being mounted upon a horse, and without any bridle, he made him run a full cariere [tr. carriere], make a sodaine stop, and with his hands behind his backe performe what ever can be expected of an excellent ready horse.
- 1756, William Guthrie (translator), Of Eloquence (originally by Quintillian)
- Such littleness damps the heat, and weakens the force of genius; as we check a horse in his career, and rein him in when we want him to amble
- 1603, John Florio, trans. Michel de Montaigne, Essyas, I.48:
- (falconry) The flight of a hawk.
- (obsolete) A racecourse; the ground run over.
- to think of going back again the same career
Related terms
- careerism
- careerist
Translations
Verb
career (third-person singular simple present careers, present participle careering, simple past and past participle careered)
- To move rapidly straight ahead, especially in an uncontrolled way.
- Synonym: careen
- The car careered down the road, missed the curve, and went through a hedge.
Translations
Adjective
career (not comparable)
- Synonym of serial (“doing something repeatedly or regularly as part of one's lifestyle or career”)
- a career criminal
- 2012, Arthur Gillard, Homelessness (page 38)
- Studies on homeless income find that the typical “career panhandler” who dedicates his time overwhelmingly to begging can make between $600 and $1,500 a month.
Further reading
- "career" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 52.
Scots
Etymology
From English career.
Noun
career (plural careers)
- career
career From the web:
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- what career should i have
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- what careers make the most money
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duty
English
Etymology
From Middle English duete, from Middle English dewe) + Middle English -te, (borrowed from Old French -te from Latin -t?tem, accusative masculine singular of -t?s). Akin to due + -ty (Alternative form of -ity).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?dju?ti/
- (General American) IPA(key): /du?ti/
- Rhymes: -u?ti
- Homophone: doody (for some speakers)
Noun
duty (countable and uncountable, plural duties)
- That which one is morally or legally obligated to do.
- 1805, 21 October, Horatio Nelson
- England expects that every man will do his duty.
- Captain Edward Carlisle […] felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, […]; he could not tell what this prisoner might do. He cursed the fate which had assigned such a duty, cursed especially that fate which forced a gallant soldier to meet so superb a woman as this under handicap so hard.
- 1805, 21 October, Horatio Nelson
- The state of being at work and responsible for or doing a particular task.
- A tax placed on imports or exports; a tariff.
- customs duty; excise duty
- (obsolete) One's due, something one is owed; a debt or fee.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Matthew XX:
- Take that which is thy duty, and goo thy waye.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Matthew XX:
- (obsolete) Respect; reverence; regard; act of respect; homage.
- The efficiency of an engine, especially a steam pumping engine, as measured by work done by a certain quantity of fuel; usually, the number of pounds of water lifted one foot by one bushel of coal (94 lbs. old standard), or by 1 cwt. (112 lbs., England, or 100 lbs., United States).
Usage notes
- Adjectives often used with "duty": public, private, moral, legal, social, double, civic, contractual, political, judicial, etc.
Synonyms
- (that which one is obligated to do): obligation
Antonyms
- duty-free (taxes)
- (that which one is obligated to do): right
Derived terms
Related terms
- due
Translations
Further reading
- duty in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- duty in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- duty at OneLook Dictionary Search
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?dut?]
Participle
duty
- past passive participle of du?
Declension
duty From the web:
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- what duty is owed to the employee by the employer
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- what duty of citizenship is being depicted
- what duty cycle for injectors
- what duty is owed to a trespasser
- what duty is owed to maria
- what duty cycle on a welder
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