profession

B1 Topic:Work & Careers

US /pɹəˈfeʃ.ən/ UK /pɹəˈfɛʃ.ən/ See IPA manual

Freq #4728

Meanings

1

noun
A type of job that needs special training or education, such as law or medicine.

My father was a lawyer by profession.
2

noun
All the people who work in a particular profession.

The news spread quickly through the medical profession.
3

noun
An open statement of a belief, feeling, or opinion.

Despite his profession of loyalty, nobody quite trusted him.

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Synonyms

3 noun · an open statement of a... professing

Word family

Forms professions

Derived forms nonprofessionprofessionalprofessionistprofessionizeprofessionlesspseudoprofessionsemiprofession

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Phrases (1)

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medical profession
the body of people qualified to practice medicine

Adjective + noun

Etymology

From Middle English professioun, from Anglo-Norman professioun, Old French profession (“declaration of faith, religious vows, occupation”), from Latin professiō (“avowal, public declaration”), from the participle stem of profitērī (“to profess”). By surface analysis, profess + -ion.

*bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European professioun Middle English profession Old French professiō Latin

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# profession

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /pɹəˈfeʃ.ən/
**IPA (UK):** /pɹəˈfɛʃ.ən/
**Frequency rank:** 4728

## Meanings
1. A type of job that needs special training or education, such as law or medicine.
2. All the people who work in a particular profession.
3. An open statement of a belief, feeling, or opinion.

## Examples
- My father was a lawyer by profession.
- The news spread quickly through the medical profession.
- Despite his profession of loyalty, nobody quite trusted him.

## Derived Forms
- nonprofession
- professional
- professionist
- professionize
- professionless
- pseudoprofession
- semiprofession

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *bʰeh₂-
- Root: professioun
- Root: profession
- Root: professiō

## Etymology
From Middle English professioun, from Anglo-Norman professioun, Old French profession (“declaration of faith, religious vows, occupation”), from Latin professiō (“avowal, public declaration”), from the participle stem of profitērī (“to profess”). By surface analysis, profess + -ion.

## AI Etymology
Profession comes from Middle English professioun, from Anglo-Norman professioun, Old French profession (“declaration of faith, religious vows, occupation”), from Latin professiō (“avowal, public declaration”), from the participle stem of profitērī (“to profess”). By surface analysis, profess + -ion. In present-day English it covers a type of job that needs special training or education, such as law or medicine, all the people who work in a particular profession, and an open statement of a belief, feeling, or opinion. The wider family includes derived forms such as nonprofession, professional, professionist, professionize, professionless.

## Topics
- Work & Careers

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