prof
noun
prof
1 American
[prof]
/ prɒf /
noun
Informal.
Prof.
2
American
abbreviation
Prof.
1
British
abbreviation
prof
2
British
/ prɒf /
noun
Etymology
Origin of prof
An Americanism dating back to 1830–40; by shortening
Example Sentences
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"The higher the value of the trip, the more of a cut Uber takes. So the more the customer pays, the less the driver actually earns per minute," its lead author, prof Reuben Binns, explained.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2025
A collaborative team of researchers led by prof.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2023
But that may be too complicated a message for a movie in which even the smart one — ex-MIT prof Betty — triumphs not with her brain but with her stomach.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 31, 2023
Regardless, the spacious mood work from the University of Washington assistant prof and Andrew Bird collaborator hardly went unnoticed.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 26, 2020
P.S. please tel prof Nemur not to be such a grouch when pepul laff at him and he woud have more frends.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
Former University of Cambridge Prof. Jason Arday was found dead on Friday, according to his family and the university.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Prof. Stefan Röpke studies trauma-related disorders at the Department of Psychiatry and Neurosciences on the Benjamin Franklin Campus of Charité.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
"Our study provides a new strategy for engineering biomimetic nanoreactors that increasingly replicate the sophisticated functions of living cells, opening new opportunities in artificial photosynthesis, energy catalysis, and synthetic chemistry," said Prof. Li.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
The clock demurs, making a long, ornamented speech about how the other clocks would think him “too grand” if he became Prof. Ticky.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Prof. Nemur said it was something that measured how intelligent you were— like a scale in the drugstore weighs pounds.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
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