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professional
engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or means of livelihood
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Word Facts
- Word length
- 12
- Starts with
- P
- Ends with
- L
- Contains
- ROFESSIONA
- Scrabble score
- 17
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
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adjective
engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or means of livelihood
“the professional man or woman possesses distinctive qualifications”
adjective
characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession
“professional conduct”
adjective
engaged in by members of a profession
“professional occupations include medicine and the law and teaching”
adjective
of or relating to a profession
“we need professional advice”
adjective
of or relating to or suitable as a profession
“professional organizations”
noun
an authority qualified to teach apprentices
noun
a person engaged in one of the learned professions
noun
an athlete who plays for pay
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Example Sentences
the professional man or woman possesses distinctive qualifications
began her professional career after the Olympics
professional theater
professional football
a professional cook
professional conduct
professional ethics
a thoroughly professional performance
professional occupations include medicine and the law and teaching
we need professional advice
professional training
professional equipment for his new office
professional organizations
a professional field such as law
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