[
US
/pɹəˈfɛs/
]
[ UK /pɹəfˈɛs/ ]
[ UK /pɹəfˈɛs/ ]
VERB
-
take vows, as in religious order
she professed herself as a nun -
state insincerely
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 -
state freely
The teacher professed that he was not generous when it came to giving good grades -
practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about
She professes organic chemistry -
confess one's faith in, or allegiance to
he professes to be a Communist
The terrorists professed allegiance to their country -
admit (to a wrongdoing)
She confessed that she had taken the money - receive into a religious order or congregation
How To Use profess In A Sentence
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- Katherine spoke softly, sometimes hesitantly and sometimes in a rush, with a great deal more emotional inflection than the voice she uses when acting the cool professional.
- Outrages like the Thomas case make it a good deal more difficult for enlightened penal reformers like the Professor to get a fair hearing when they advocate bringing back the lash.
- The professor improvised a poem in the class.
- Liz smiles professionally and holds Larry, who wheezes and splutters, enduring his hardship with a stoicism that looks exhausting.
- Of course, professional framing costs a bit more than buying a frame at Wal-mart and doing it yourself, but with something that really matters to you, its generally a good idea anyway.
- He has received several teaching awards, as well as the unprecedented award of being ‘the most quotable professor’ by MathSoc.
- For him, cruelty was a legitimate and necessary procedure, almost a profession of faith, and European artists showed him how to excruciate a tame local reality.
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