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career

/kəˈrɪə/

US pronunciation
American sound/kəˈrɪə/
kəˈrɪə
Syllables
2 syllables
Stress
2nd syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Final r is pronounced in US English

kə - ˈrɪə -> career

Myanmar meaning

(n) သက်မွေးမှုလုပ်ငန်း။ လုပ်ငန်းသက်။ အလုပ်သက်တမ်း။ (v) ထိုးဆင်းသည်။

Full entry

career /kǝ'rÇǝ(r)/ n

၁။ [C] သက်မွေးမှုလုပ်ငန်း။
a career in accountancy/journalism/politics ❍ She chose an academic career. ❍ a career diplomat (ie a professional one) ❍ a careers adviser/officer/teacher (ie an adviser, etc whose job is to give people information about jobs and professions).
၂။ [C] လုပ်ငန်းသက်။ အလုပ်သက်တမ်း။
look back on a successful career ❍ During her career she met many famous people. ❍ My school career was not very impressive.
v (esp Brit ) ထိုးဆင်းသည်။
careering down the road on a bicycle ❍ The car careered off the road into a ditch.
❏ career girl (also career woman) n (esp sexist or derog ) ရာဇဝင်ပြောင်အောင် အိမ်ထောင်လစ်ဟင်းသူ။
❏ careerist /kǝ'rÇǝrÇst/ n (often derog ) လုပ်စားသူ။

More examples
  • Choosing a career can be a very difficult decision.
  • The problems of combining a career and a family
  • [career in] : A career in computer science
  • [career as] : He has just started out on a career as a photographer.
  • [academic/political/managerial etc career] : Rosen had decided on an academic career.
  • [pursue/embark on/follow a career] : Only 20 per cent of the students intend to pursue careers as engineers in industry.
  • [make a career out of something] : Young graduates looking to make a career out of teaching
  • [end/ruin someone’s career] : The financial scandal that ruined her career
  • [a chequered career] : An entrepreneur with a rather chequered career
  • [a distinguished/successful/glittering career] : He subsequently enjoyed a distinguished career in the diplomatic service.
  • The biggest fight of his career
  • She played more than 800 games in a career spanning 20 years.
  • [someone’s playing/acting career] : The injury that ended his playing career
  • [launch a/your etc career] : The 25-year-old actress is now launching her career over here.
  • [the peak/height of someone’s career] : In 1999 Mackay was at the peak of her show business career.
  • A good career choice
  • He felt like a career change and went into teaching.
  • A job with excellent career prospects
Synonyms
vocation, job, occupation, profession, calling, livelihood, line of business, business, course, dash, hurry, hurtle, job-related, occupational, orbit, passage, path, pilgrimage, procedure, professional, progress, race, rush, tear, vocational, walk
Antonyms
amusement, avocation, entertainment, recreation
Cross references
vocationjoboccupationprofessioncallinglivelihoodline of businessbusinesscoursedashhurryhurtlejob-relatedoccupationalorbitpassagepathpilgrimageprocedureprofessionalprogressracerushtearvocationalwalkamusementavocation
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