profess
verb (used with object)
to lay claim to, often insincerely; pretend to.
professes
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present tense formof profess (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Condemned by UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham, castigated by fans of the game he professes to want to protect.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
He credits the small-town nondenominational congregants of his early years with living out the kind of communitarian values the rest of the world professes to value but mostly doesn’t.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
Yet it simultaneously professes anxiety about an Asian American who has decidedly not stood apart from American institutions and culture: After graduating from Yale Law School, Wang clerked for two Supreme Court justices.
From Slate ● May 26, 2026
To his credit, author Michael Scherer professes good intentions in featuring Kennedy in such an adulatory light: to help bridge some of the political division plaguing our country.
From Salon ● Nov. 29, 2025
The first, which will perhaps become increasingly important in an inquisitive age which professes to still value privacy, makes it possible to obtain sensitive information about a group of people without compromising any person’s privacy.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
