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US
/pɹəˈfɛʃənəɫ/
]
[ UK /pɹəfˈɛʃənəl/ ]
[ UK /pɹəfˈɛʃənəl/ ]
NOUN
- a person engaged in one of the learned professions
- an authority qualified to teach apprentices
- an athlete who plays for pay
ADJECTIVE
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characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession
professional ethics
a thoroughly professional performance
professional conduct -
of or relating to or suitable as a profession
professional organizations
a professional field such as law -
of or relating to a profession
we need professional advice
professional training
professional equipment for his new office -
engaged in by members of a profession
professional occupations include medicine and the law and teaching -
engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or means of livelihood
the professional man or woman possesses distinctive qualifications
began her professional career after the Olympics
professional theater
professional actors and athletes
professional football
a professional cook
How To Use professional In A Sentence
- 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.
- But Ms. Economy pointed to the elaborateness of concept and coordination of details — "the flowers are matching," she observed — leading her to suspect they may have had professional help bringing the Halloween spirit alive. Suburban Tricks, Urban Treats
- 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.
- A professional wedding and event planner like me is prepared to address all of these concerns and more.
- Qiao Gong Fang Gems is a professional supplier of high-quality jewelry gemstones in Wuzhou which famous known as "the capital of artificial gem in the world".
- He urged booksellers to cooperate to form a nationwide chain of ecumenical book outlets that would be well-funded and professionally run.
- She is a professionally qualified social worker.
- If she had a professional title, it would be Dr. Anne Jones and she would use that in her professional life.
- The 886 Professional thermostat/reactor is said to be the ideal complement to the system for any kind of derivatisation. Laboratorytalk - laboratory industry news
