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careered

careered is the simple past and past participle of career.

Meaning of career

Verb

career (third-person singular simple present careers, present participle careering, simple past and past participle careered)

  1. To move rapidly straight ahead, especially in an uncontrolled way.
    • The car careered down the road, missed the curve, and went through a hedge.
    Synonyms:
    careen

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Questions about careered

What is careered the simple past and past participle of?
Careered is the simple past and past participle of career.

Words near careered in the dictionary

  1. career woman
  2. career women
  3. career-defining
  4. career-limiting move
  5. career-limiting moves
  6. careered
  7. careerer
  8. careerers
  9. careering
  10. careeringly
  11. careerings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: careered (page history and authors); career (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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