profession
a vocation requiring knowledge of some department of learning or science: the profession of teaching.: Compare learned profession.
any vocation or business.
the body of persons engaged in an occupation or calling: to be respected by the medical profession.
the act of professing; avowal; a declaration, whether true or false: professions of dedication.
the declaration of belief in or acceptance of religion or a faith: the profession of Christianity.
a religion or faith professed.
the declaration made on entering into membership of a church or religious order.
Origin of profession
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Other words for profession
Other words from profession
- pro·fes·sion·less, noun
- non·pro·fes·sion, noun
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How to use profession in a sentence
Zuckerman said he and Antonen also bonded over the joys of raising young sons and the challenges of doing so while in a profession that sometimes requires long stretches on the road.
Friends and colleagues mourn the loss of Mel Antonen, longtime MLB reporter | Scott Allen | February 1, 2021 | Washington PostI can’t think of many other professions where you have the chance to work with a small team where everyone is from a different part of the world.
My hands are my profession, just like the NBA players’ hands are their profession.
NBA players should wait on vaccination and ramp up advocacy, experts say | Ben Golliver | January 22, 2021 | Washington PostThe Invite, of course, is steeped in topical humor, and I’d think there’d be ways to incorporate current events into your song, depending on what profession you choose to write about.
Style Conversational Week 1420: Back to the vocal point | Pat Myers | January 21, 2021 | Washington PostHe spent several years as a professional racecar driver until 2005, when he left the profession to become a Capitol Police officer.
Capitol Police Chief Sund has stepped down; embattled agency reports another officer death | Allison Klein, Rebecca Tan | January 11, 2021 | Washington Post
The military has been trying to stop current and former special operators from discussing their secretive profession.
Exclusive: Bin Laden ‘Shooter’ Under Investigation for Leaking Secrets | Shane Harris | December 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTToday that singularly revered profession is actually many jobs rolled into one.
Renaissance Man Jared Leto Defies Categorization | The Daily Beast | December 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWho will want to enter this profession for a poverty wage and little or no paid time off?
Care Providers Fight for $15 and a Union | Jasmin Almodovar, Shirley Thompson | December 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe ones who could handle her profession stuck around for many years.
This is one of the most subtle and touching aspects of the profession.
We have been in the profession some years, Mr. Pickwick, and have been honoured with the confidence of many excellent clients.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2) | Charles DickensThis time there was no interference, and Ney so severely wounded his adversary that he was unable to continue his profession.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonAnd, hence, a standing of Christian profession higher than has yet been attained to by any, has to be aspired at.
The Ordinance of Covenanting | John CunninghamLet us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; for he is faithful that promised.
The Ordinance of Covenanting | John CunninghamAt times a question occurs to me whether that's his real name, or one assumed in his profession.
Elster's Folly | Mrs. Henry Wood
British Dictionary definitions for profession
/ (prəˈfɛʃən) /
an occupation requiring special training in the liberal arts or sciences, esp one of the three learned professions, law, theology, or medicine
the body of people in such an occupation
the act of professing; avowal; declaration
Also called: profession of faith a declaration of faith in a religion, esp as made on entering the Church of that religion or an order belonging to it
the faith or the religion that is the subject of such a declaration
Origin of profession
1Collins 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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