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View synonyms for prof

prof

1

[ prof ]

noun

, Informal.


Prof.

2

abbreviation for

  1. Professor.

Prof.

1

abbreviation for

  1. Professor
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


prof

2

/ prɒf /

noun

  1. informal.
    short for professor
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of prof1

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40; by shortening
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Example Sentences

At this point, we might want to offer the Prof a cold compress, along with an eye roll.

Is it really, as the prof intends, a radical challenge to gender norms?

It has as a result been labeled the Brothers poem by Prof. Obbink.

That was the point in the article where I sighed a deep "thank you" to Prof. Gavison.

Prof. Takao Tanase also believes that Japan will ratify the convention, but not fully implement it.

Prof. Hales suggests that Eclympasteyre represents Icelon plastora, where plastora is the acc.

Mr. Drury can not claim to have recorded verbatim Prof. Vaughn's remarks, but has endeavored to give the substance.

In a moment of noteworthy frankness Prof. Skeat has admitted that “Scientific etymology is usually clumsy and frequently wrong”.

To use the words of Prof. Venable, they do not "comport with the general delicacy of the book."

Prof. Stone, of Manchester, has found Euchlorine of a great service as an aerial disinfectant.

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