Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to career
Participle: careered
Gerund: careering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | career |
| you | career |
| he;she;it | careers |
| we | career |
| you | career |
| they | career |
Perfect
| I | have careered |
| you | have careered |
| he;she;it | has careered |
| we | have careered |
| you | have careered |
| they | have careered |
Past
| I | careered |
| you | careered |
| he;she;it | careered |
| we | careered |
| you | careered |
| they | careered |
Pluperfect
| I | had careered |
| you | had careered |
| he;she;it | had careered |
| we | had careered |
| you | had careered |
| they | had careered |
Future
| I | will career |
| you | will career |
| he;she;it | will career |
| we | will career |
| you | will career |
| they | will career |
Future Perfect
| I | will have careered |
| you | will have careered |
| he;she;it | will have careered |
| we | will have careered |
| you | will have careered |
| they | will have careered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | career |
| you | career |
| he;she;it | career |
| we | career |
| you | career |
| they | career |
Perfect
| I | have careered |
| you | have careered |
| he;she;it | have careered |
| we | have careered |
| you | have careered |
| they | have careered |
Imperfect
| I | careered |
| you | careered |
| he;she;it | careered |
| we | careered |
| you | careered |
| they | careered |
Pluperfect
| I | had careered |
| you | had careered |
| he;she;it | had careered |
| we | had careered |
| you | had careered |
| they | had careered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would career |
| you | would career |
| he;she;it | would career |
| we | would career |
| you | would career |
| they | would career |
Perfect
| I | would have careered |
| you | would have careered |
| he;she;it | would have careered |
| we | would have careered |
| you | would have careered |
| they | would have careered |
Imperative
| you | career |
| we | Let's career |
| you | career |
Verbs conjugated like 'career'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'career'
careen,
arear,
barber,
barter,
calver,
camber,
canker,
canter,
caper,
care,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- move rapidly straight ahead
- careen
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
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. See: French '
carrière'.
Sample Sentences
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The car careered down the road, missed the curve, and went through a hedge.
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He likens the story of his 20s to “a fully fuelled jumbo jet just reaching take-off point and having to slam on the brakes. You’ve got this enormous bloody thing careering off the end of the runway, through the fence, through the house next door, bursting into flames and me crawling out and scraping my wounds for 10 years. I won't be flying that one again.” [2003 October 16, Emma Brockes, quoting DBC Pierre, “How did I get here?”, in The Guardian:]
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However, the hosts hit back and hit back hard, first replacement hooker Andrew Hore sliding over, then Williams careering out of his own half and leaving several defenders for dead before flipping the ball to Nonu to finish off a scintillating move. [2011 September 16, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: New Zealand 83-7 Japan”, in BBC Sport:]
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This secondary collision, head-on with a closing speed of 142mph, caused the DVT to veer off to the left. Many of the coaches behind it overturned and careered into an adjacent field. [2021 February 24, Greg Morse, “Great Heck: a tragic chain of events”, in RAIL, number 925, page 39:]