successful career

collocation in English

meaningsofsuccessfulandcareer

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successful
adjective
uk
/səkˈses.fəl/us
/səkˈses.fəl/
achieving the results wanted or ...
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career
noun[C]
uk
/kəˈrɪər/us
/kəˈrɪr/
the job or series of jobs that you do during your working life, especially if you continue to get better jobs and earn ...
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(Definition ofsuccessfulandcareerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The full account of his career includes telling detail of an often troubled private life that coexisted with hissuccessfulcareer.
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This is one reason why the one-off house has often launched asuccessfulcareer.
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But asuccessfulcareerin the church is much better than a mediocre one.
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Alexander, who was to have asuccessfulcareeras an army engineer, retained a keen sense of his debt.
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Considering possible career opportunities, you may judge a verysuccessfulcareeras a physician to be definitely better than a very poor career as a philosopher, and vice versa.
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In the pursuit of asuccessfulcareerpeople were, however, forced to take all manner of risks, ranging from bribing civil servants to dealing with politically 'suspect' individuals.
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It reminds me of the very distinguished and experienced solicitor who retired after asuccessfulcareer.
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Many very committed young people go on to have a verysuccessfulcareerin the industry.
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It can be measured also in terms of training for asuccessfulcareeror in the equipment that serves the recognised needs of the nation.
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At one time, to be a member of the board was regarded as the pinnacle of asuccessfulcareerin the industry.
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In my own constituency there are smallholders who hitherto have been enjoying if not a really profitable career, a reasonablysuccessfulcareerin producing milk.
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I hope that, when set up, the board will have a long andsuccessfulcareer.
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We have a verysuccessfulcareerdevelopment loans scheme which helps individuals to pay for training that they could not otherwise afford.
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She did so, to good effect, and she stayed, doing extremely well and going on to a highlysuccessfulcareer.
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Now, 15 years later, he is free of drug use and has launched asuccessfulcareerin social work.
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A fresh start becomes asuccessfulcareerpath for the future.
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I wish you asuccessfulcareerin office, a relaxing holiday, and thank you for your cooperation.
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It certainly appears that he has had a varied andsuccessfulcareerin journalism, for which we must all give him full credit.
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I wish him a long andsuccessfulcareeron the television screen, playing other people's parts.
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I am glad to say he carried on making asuccessfulcareerin other departments.
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