career

Betekenis

Noun

1. One's calling in life; a person's occupation; one's profession.
2. General course of action or conduct in life, or in a particular part of it.
3. Speed.
4. A jouster's path during a joust.
5. (obsolete) A short gallop of a horse.
6. The flight of a hawk.
7. (obsolete) A racecourse; the ground run over.

Verb

To move rapidly straight ahead, especially in an uncontrolled way.

Adj

1. doing something professionally, for a living (generally said of something that is not a commonplace job, e.g. criminal activity)
2. Synonym of serial (“doing something regularly”)

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/kəˈɹɪɹ/

Etymologie

Mid 16th century, from French carrière (“road; racecourse”), from Italian carriera, from Old Occitan carreira, from Late Latin carrāria based on Latin carrus (“wheeled vehicle”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós, from *ḱers- (“to run”); alternatively, from Middle French carriere, from Old Occitan.

Zinnen

Despite her renewed musical emphasis , Deckers' career failed to prosper .

Ondanks haar hernieuwde muzikale nadruk, slaagde de carrière van Deckers niet om te gedijen.