prof
1 Americannoun
abbreviation
abbreviation
noun
Etymology
Origin of prof
An Americanism dating back to 1830–40; by shortening
Example Sentences
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Arie Haagen-Smit, the Caltech smog prof, imagined in the 1950s that clean-running cars were imminent, “exhaust devices, catalytic devices … and maybe we start putting them in the cars in 1962 and maybe 1965.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
In the same issue of Science, a collaboration led by prof.
From Science Daily • May 17, 2024
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
A the time, director of the Llanarthne site prof Charles Stirton enthused: "This is as exciting as finding a new tree in the tropics."
From BBC • Aug. 28, 2021
“I just had to help the prof here with long division.”
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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