Profession Definition
prə-fĕshən
professions
noun
professions
A professing, or declaring; avowal, whether true or pretended.
A profession of sympathy.
Webster's New World
A vocation or occupation requiring advanced education and training, and involving intellectual skills, as medicine, law, theology, engineering, teaching, etc.
Webster's New World
The avowal of belief in a religion.
Webster's New World
Any occupation.
Webster's New World
The body of persons in any such calling or occupation.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
idiom
the oldest profession
- prostitution
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Profession
Noun
Singular:
profession
Plural:
professionsIdioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Profession
- the oldest profession
Origin of Profession
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From Anglo-Norman professioun, Old French profession (“declaration of faith, religious vows, occupation"), from Latin professiō (“avowal, public declaration"), from the participle stem of profitÄ“rÄ« (“to profess").
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