Antonyms for careers

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kuh-reer

Phonetic Transcription : kəˈrɪər

Definition of careers

Origin : 1530s, "a running (usually at full speed), a course" (especially of the sun, etc., across the sky), from Middle French carriere "road, racecourse" (16c.), from Old Provençal or Italian carriera, from Vulgar Latin *(via) cararia "carriage (road), track for wheeled vehicles," from Latin carrus "chariot" (see car). Sense of "course of a working life" first attested 1803.

noun course, path

Example sentences :

About a year later I was torn for months between two careers.
Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole

Then at dessert the children's future careers were gravely discussed.
Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola

"Other careers are possible in other countries," he answered, with a lightness he did not feel.
Extract from : « The Trampling of the Lilies » by Rafael Sabatini

Be it known that I have simply appropriated names, not careers.
Extract from : « Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer » by Cyrus Townsend Brady

The careers of most army correspondents in the field were short.
Extract from : « Charles Carleton Coffin » by William Elliot Griffis, D. D.

They are perhaps the most independent of all types in choosing their own careers.
Extract from : « Palmistry for All » by Cheiro

Change in every way affects their careers as it also does their lives.
Extract from : « Palmistry for All » by Cheiro

We were going to miss one another in the careers we had mapped out.
Extract from : « The Master-Knot of Human Fate » by Ellis Meredith

That it will add to the dignity and value of millions of careers is only one of its blessings.
Extract from : « A Preface to Politics » by Walter Lippmann

Its first result was seen in the divergence of the careers of Pitt and Fox.
Extract from : « William Pitt and the Great War » by John Holland Rose

Synonyms for careers

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