🇬🇧 Career meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

To career means to move very quickly in one direction while not really being under control. It’s like when a shopping cart zooms down a hill and wobbles everywhere, or a bike goes so fast it starts to shake and swerve. The word is often used for vehicles, but you can also use it for anything moving wildly and almost crashing into things.

The runaway wheelchair careered down the hospital hallway, with Grandma shouting, “Wheee!” instead of “Help!”

The grocery cart careered straight toward the candy aisle as if it knew my deepest wishes.

The runaway suitcase careered down the airport ramp, clearly trying to start its vacation without us.

The runaway stroller careered past us, with the baby laughing and the parents screaming.

The soap-covered floor made my chair career across the kitchen like it was in the Olympics.

At the park an empty stroller begins to career down the slope. Wheels career over gravel, toys and bags career after, and passersby career toward it. Parents career across the grass, arms out, as the stroller career into a hedge and halts. People cry, then laugh; relief spreads in the bright air.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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