midcareer

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adjective

In the middle of one's career.

OriginEnglish career ← Middle English mid ← Old English midd →
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Meanings

adjectivemidcareer (not comparable)

alternative mid-career

  1. not comparableIn the middle of one's career.
nounmidcareer (plural midcareers)

plural midcareers · alternative mid-career

  1. The middle point of one's career.

    "Oh! my dear, you hurt me!" This was enough to check the tender respectful boy even in his midcareer

    Fanny Hill

    1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*me
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*médʰi
  4. Proto-Indo-European*médʰyos
  5. Proto-Germanic*midjaz
  6. Proto-West Germanic*midi
  7. Old Englishmidd
  8. Middle Englishmid
  9. Englishmid
  10. Englishmid-
  11. Englishcareer
  12. Englishmidcareer

From mid- + career.

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Cite this entry
APA

midcareer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/midcareer

MLA

“midcareer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/midcareer. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “midcareer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/midcareer.

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