(v) state insincerely, Syn. pretend, Example:He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt; She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber; She pretends to be an expert on wine

professedly

(adv) with pretense or intention to deceive, Example:is only professedly poor

profession

(n) the body of people in a learned occupation, Example:the news spread rapidly through the medical profession; they formed a community of scientists

profession

(n) an occupation requiring special education (especially in the liberal arts or sciences)

profession

(n) an open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion, Syn. professing, Example:a profession of disagreement

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Profess

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Professed p. pr. & vb. n. Professing. ] [ F. profès, masc., professe, fem., professed (monk or nun), L. professus, p. p. of profiteri to profess; pro before, forward + fateri to confess, own. See Confess. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To make open declaration of, as of one's knowledge, belief, action, etc.; to avow or acknowledge; to confess publicly; to own or admit freely. “Hear me profess sincerely.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The best and wisest of them all professed
To know this only, that he nothing knew. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To set up a claim to; to make presence to; hence, to put on or present an appearance of. [ 1913 Webster ]

I do profess to be no less than I seem. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To present to knowledge of, to proclaim one's self versed in; to make one's self a teacher or practitioner of, to set up as an authority respecting; to declare (one's self to be such); as, he professes surgery; to profess one's self a physician. [ 1913 Webster ]

Profess

v. i. 1. To take a profession upon one's self by a public declaration; to confess. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To declare friendship. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Professed

a. Openly declared, avowed, acknowledged, or claimed; as, a professed foe; a professed tyrant; a professed Christian. [ 1913 Webster ]

The professed (R. C. Ch.) , a certain class among the Jesuits bound by a special vow. See the note under Jesuit. [ 1913 Webster ]

Professedly

adv. By profession. [ 1913 Webster ]

Profession

n. [ F., fr. L. professio. See Profess, v. ] 1. The act of professing or claiming; open declaration; public avowal or acknowledgment; as, professions of friendship; a profession of faith. [ 1913 Webster ]

A solemn vow, promise, and profession. Bk. of Com. Prayer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which one professed; a declaration; an avowal; a claim; as, his professions are insincere. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Indians quickly perceive the coincidence or the contradiction between professions and conduct. J. Morse. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That of which one professed knowledge; the occupation, if not mechanical, agricultural, or the like, to which one devotes one's self; the business which one professes to understand, and to follow for subsistence; calling; vocation; employment; as, the profession of arms; the profession of a clergyman, lawyer, or physician; the profession of lecturer on chemistry. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hi tried five or six professions in turn. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The three professions, or learned professions, are, especially, theology, law, and medicine. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The collective body of persons engaged in a calling; as, the profession distrust him. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Eccl. Law.) The act of entering, or becoming a member of, a religious order. [ 1913 Webster ]

Professional

a. 1. Of or pertaining to a profession, or calling; conforming to the rules or standards of a profession; following a profession; as, professional knowledge; professional conduct. “Pride, not personal, but professional.” Macaulay. “A professional sneerer.” De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Engaged in by professionals; as, a professional race; -- opposed to amateur. [ 1913 Webster ]

Professional

n. A person who prosecutes anything professionally, or for a livelihood, and not in the character of an amateur; a professional worker. [ 1913 Webster ]

Professionalism

n. The following of a profession, sport, etc., as an occupation; -- opposed to amateurism. [ 1913 Webster ]

Professionalist

n. professional person. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Professionally

adv. In a professional manner or capacity; by profession or calling; in the exercise of one's profession; one employed professionally. [ 1913 Webster ]

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary DING DE-EN Dictionary

Professor { m }; Professorin { f }; Lehrstuhlinhaber { m }; Lehrstuhlinhaberin { f }

professor

Professor emeritus

emeritus professor

Professorenschaft { f }

professorate

Professur { f }

professorship; chair

professionell

professional

professionell { adv }

professionally

professionell; beruflich { adv }

professionally

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