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| 1. | [ adjective ] engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or means of livelihood | |
| Examples: | "began her professional career after the Olympics" "professional theater" "professional football" "a professional cook" "professional actors and athletes" |
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| Related terms: | nonprofessional nonrecreational professed | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] of or relating to or suitable as a profession | |
| Examples: | "professional organizations" "a professional field such as law" |
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| Related terms: | profession | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession | |
| Examples: | "professional conduct" "professional ethics" "a thoroughly professional performance" |
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| Related terms: | unprofessional expert | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] of or relating to a profession | |
| Examples: | "we need professional advice" "professional training" "professional equipment for his new office" |
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| Related terms: | profession | |
| 5. | [ noun ] (work) a person engaged in one of the learned professions | |
| Synonyms: | professional_person | |
| Related terms: | adult lawyer educator critic publisher practitioner craftsman librarian health_professional careerist yuppie professional_organisation professional_organization | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] engaged in by members of a profession | |
| Examples: | "professional occupations include medicine and the law and teaching" |
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| Related terms: | white-collar | |
| 7. | [ noun ] (sport,work) an athlete who plays for pay | |
| Synonyms: | pro | |
| Related terms: | amateur athlete semiprofessional free_agent | |
| 8. | [ noun ] an authority qualified to teach apprentices | |
| Synonyms: | master | |
| Related terms: | authority past_master | |
| Similar spelling: |
professionally profession professionalize professionalism professionalise profusion professorial provisional professing professorially professedly provisionally professor professed professorship provisional_ira provision prevision |
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