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profession

[pruh-fesh-uhn]

noun

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.

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a religion or faith professed.

the declaration made on entering into membership of a church or religious order.

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Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English < Medieval Latin professiōn- (stem of professiō) the taking of the vows of a religious order. See professed, -ion

Related forms

pro·fes·sion·less, noun

non·pro·fes·sion, noun

Synonyms
1. calling, employment. See occupation. 4. asseveration, assertion, protestation.

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Example Sentences

There is plenty the government, the legal profession and others can do to improve this shameful state of affairs.

But there is a much larger group of hard-working, dedicated faculty members who do care about the profession.

In recent years, however, the profession has been really rather racy.

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There is plenty the government, the legal profession and others can do to improve this shameful state of affairs.

But there is a much larger group of hard-working, dedicated faculty members who do care about the profession.

In recent years, however, the profession has been really rather racy.

Ask students that have the same profession to gather in teams and compare their answers.

The profession is heading toward its biggest crisis.

To pick a vegitarian butcher was not giving your readers a true look at the butcher profession.

Nearly every profession publicly honors its top performers with an award.

No one likes to hear that there is something awry within their chosen profession.

There weren't enough of them to satisfy the demand, so they could afford to be fickle, move around and leave the profession.

But above all else, really do your research about the profession.

As a result, the profession has no clue as to what is the right thing to do.

No wealth can buy the requisite leisure, freedom, and independence which are the capital in this profession.

The more likely culprits are therefore the nature of medical training and the intrinsic demands of the profession.

And he was not only a commoner, he was a commoner in a slightly disreputable profession.

Unfortunately, the medical profession does not have a good track record in policing itself.

AS illustrators women find themselves in a profession where they stand shoulder to shoulder with their brothers in art.

Providing service to the college, university, and profession.

Each book features an original format that allows kids to identify with the given profession.

The medical profession is shameful in this regard, and this test won't help.

Surgeons have been trained that they are god, and treated that way their whole profession.

Attracting a larger pool of talented people into teaching can only strengthen the profession.

Americans admire practicality, and our profession has become esoteric and politicized.

But his camera was always at his side, and it was not long before his hobby turned into an all-consuming lifestyle and profession.

Instead of being healed, patients are made cash-cows of a profession that is not a science in the proper sense.

Here's hoping it brings some openness to a frustratingly opaque profession.

Appropriate service to the university, community, and profession will be expected.

Newar maintain a creative and diversified culture where a family's historical profession is identified by their last name.

Seems to me the medical profession is missing the link here.

It's a major change in the way the profession thinks about itself.

Fierce storms and unpredictable weather are not the only dangers plaguing this inherently perilous profession.

The oldest profession of the world must have been nonot what you think.

Meier has no thoughts of finding another profession.

Joe is a biologist by training but a wildlife photographer by profession.

These people demean the profession and vocation of research.

It wasn't long before she realized she wanted a profession that was less serious, and much more creative.

Education is an immature profession because far too many decisions are not based on evidence.

My profession comes in for its share of blame, too, getting slammed pretty hard from both the left and right.

Unless the legal profession figures out ways to retain more women, it will continue to lose talented lawyers.

The same is true of a generation of admissions leaders who have defined their profession during a time of great change.

Dental students are entering a profession radically different the one their professors entered a generation ago.

It's no more joke than the profession for which they have made a commitment to join.

Several professors suggested that the economics profession may no longer attract such talents.

We should also never discount the antisocial tendencies of the journalism profession.

Boldrick to become part of a marked shift in the medical profession.

Provide service to the university, department, and profession.

It is a profession that gets its share of professional jealousy.

He was by profession a skilled commercial illustrator and by avocation a highly regarded amateur astronomer.

Our profession should be devoted to a universal understanding of man.

It's taking the profession much more seriously and elevating it to where it should be.

The biggest challenge to a museum career is breaking into the profession.

Amid sea change, the profession moves to raise the educational bar.

In the teaching profession there is no dishonor in lacking collegiality or even having ill-disguised contempt for the profession.

His is a profession in which success should depend on talent alone.

My guess is that individuals who exude confidence are more likely to find a mate regardless of their income or profession.

Science is catching up to them, and this is exciting for the profession.

My day job is making entertainment-this is a noble profession and will make millions of people happy.

In recent years, of course, women have become more visible in the profession.

It seems crazy to me that in this profession search.

But those who challenge the medical profession still face problems.

So my profession suffers from the greed and stupidity of get rich quick scammers.

They didn't join to get college money, or to learn some profession they'd take into the civilian world.

If the medical establishment can't find some way to make the profession more attractive, the exodus may turn into a stampede.

Switching positions is a recognized part of our profession.

The innate conservatism of the academic profession does not help.

My opinion of the medical profession dropped from not too high to zero.

Journalism as a profession will share the stage with journalism as an avocation.

These two disciplines together are turning an old field into a new profession and it works.

Perhaps that is because senior scholars were tenured at a time when the expectations for the profession were different.

Clearly, the absence of strict standards in the medical profession would be a threat to public health.

It's an ancient profession whose costs always exceed expectations and whose pleasures invariably disappoint.

Zeiler there is no doubt that the days when diplomatic history dominated the profession are gone.

First, stay in touch with the profession by maintaining your network of professional contacts.

But such expeditions are expensive-a million dollars a pop is not untypical-and archaeology is not a well-resourced profession.

It now gives me a satisfying profession as a church organist.

Scherfern's ability to continue in his profession as commercial.

In the committee's view, he had not shown the ability to navigate the profession either independently or.

Suggestions for the profession of mental health counseling and those working with these consumers conclude the article.

But the profession of petroleum geology did not pick it up.

But that is only because they have been lied to consistently for many years by their medical profession.

It's kind of a profession of always finding something that you can't explain or you don't understand.

The chiropractic profession is torn by these new proposals with some for and others strongly against these changes.

Brockman stumbled into his current profession by dumb luck.

Long gone are the days when one profession and education will last a lifetime.

It was a group represented by every imaginable skill set and profession from all over the country.

The medical profession often fails to provide complete information.

Bashing skeptics will not help restore the credibility of this honorable profession.

The intention is to inflict irreparable damage on an entire profession.

They spoke about the profession and his journey towards becoming a perfusionist.

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World English Dictionary

profession (prəˈfɛʃən)

—n
1.	an occupation requiring special training in the liberal arts or sciences, esp one of the three learned professions, law, theology, or medicine
2.	the body of people in such an occupation
3.	the act of professing; avowal; declaration
4.	a. 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
	b. the faith or the religion that is the subject of such a declaration

[C13: from Medieval Latin professiō the taking of vows upon entering a religious order, from Latin: public acknowledgment; see profess]

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Word Origin & History

profession

early 13c., "vows taken upon entering a religious order," from O.Fr. profession, from L. professionem (nom. professio) "public declaration," from professus (see profess). Meaning "occupation one professes to be skilled in" is from 1540s; meaning "body of persons engaged

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in some occupation" is from 1610; as a euphemism for "prostitution" (e.g. oldest profession) it is recorded from 1888.

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