Profession
English Translation from English to English dictionary online for the word Profession
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1 v.
The act of professing or claiming; open declaration; public avowal or acknowledgment; as, professions of friendship; a profession of faith.
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2 v.
That which one professed; a declaration; an avowal; a claim; as, his professions are insincere.
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3 v.
That of which one professed knowledge; the occupation, if not mechanical, agricultural, or the like, to which one devotes one's self; the business which one professes to understand, and to follow for subsistence; calling; vocation; employment; as, the profession of arms; the profession of a clergyman, lawyer, or physician; the profession of lecturer on chemistry.
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4 v.
The collective body of persons engaged in a calling; as, the profession distrust him.
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5 v.
The act of entering, or becoming a member of, a religious order.
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6 v.
The act of professing or claiming; open declaration; public avowal or acknowledgment; as, professions of friendship; a profession of faith.
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7 v.
That which one professed; a declaration; an avowal; a claim; as, his professions are insincere.
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8 v.
That of which one professed knowledge; the occupation, if not mechanical, agricultural, or the like, to which one devotes one's self; the business which one professes to understand, and to follow for subsistence; calling; vocation; employment; as, the profession of arms; the profession of a clergyman, lawyer, or physician; the profession of lecturer on chemistry.
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9 v.
The collective body of persons engaged in a calling; as, the profession distrust him.
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10 v.
The act of entering, or becoming a member of, a religious order.