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1. (adj.) professional
following an occupation as a means of livelihood.
2. professional
pertaining to a profession.
3. professional
appropriate to a profession:
professional objectivity.
4. professional
engaged in one of the learned professions, as law or medicine.
5. professional
following as a business something usu. regarded as a pastime:
a professional golfer.
6. professional
making a constant practice of something :
A salesman has to be a professional optimist.
7. professional
engaged in for competitive gain:
professional baseball.
8. professional
of or for a professional person or such a person's place of business:
a professional apartment.
9. professional
done by a professional; expert:
professional car repairs.
10. (n.) professional
a member of a profession, esp. one of the learned professions.
11. professional
a person who earns a living in a sport or other occupation frequently engaged in by amateurs.
12. professional
a person who is expert at his or her work.
Etymology: (1740–50)
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| Definition of 'professional' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) professional, professional person
a person engaged in one of the learned professions
2. (noun) professional, pro
an athlete who plays for pay
3. (adj) master, professional
an authority qualified to teach apprentices
4. (adj) professional
engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or means of livelihood
"the professional man or woman possesses distinctive qualifications"; "began her professional career after the Olympics"; "professional theater"; "professional football"; "a professional cook"; "professional actors and athletes"
5. (adj) professional
of or relating to or suitable as a profession
"professional organizations"; "a professional field such as law"
6. (adj) professional
characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession
"professional conduct"; "professional ethics"; "a thoroughly professional performance"
7. (adj) professional
of or relating to a profession
"we need professional advice"; "professional training"; "professional equipment for his new office"
8. (adj) professional
engaged in by members of a profession
"professional occupations include medicine and the law and teaching"
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1. (adjective) professional
relating to a job requiring skills learned through training or education
professional training/qualifications; professional advice/opinion
2. professional
expert or highly skilled
The painters did a very professional job.
3. professional
≠ amateur
a professional dancer/musician/baseball player
4. (noun) professional
sb whose job requires skills learned through training or education
experienced legal professionals
5. professional
≠ amateur
He's been a professional for two years now.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) professional
of or pertaining to a profession, or calling; conforming to the rules or standards of a profession; following a profession; as, professional knowledge; professional conduct
2. (adj) professional
engaged in by professionals; as, a professional race; -- opposed to amateur
3. (noun) professional
a person who prosecutes anything professionally, or for a livelihood, and not in the character of an amateur; a professional worker
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Sense: of a profession
professional skill.
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 Afrikaans: professioneel |
 Arabic: مِهَني |
 Bulgarian: професионален |
 Brazilian: profissional |
 Czech: profesionální |
 German: Berufs-... |
 Danish: faglig |
 Greek: επαγγελματικός |
 Spanish: profesional |
 Estonian: ameti- |
 Farsi: وابسته به حرفه یا شغل |
 Finnish: ammatillinen |
 French: professionnel |
 Hebrew: מִקצוֹעִי |
 Hindi: व्यावसायिक, पेशेवर |
 Hungarian: szakmai |
 Indonesian: profesional |
 Icelandic: fagmannlegur, atvinnumann |
 Italian: professionale |
 Japanese: 専門の |
 Korean: 전문적인 |
 Lithuanian: profesinis |
 Latvian: profesionāls |
 Malay: profesional |
 Dutch: beroeps- |
 Norwegian: fag-, faglig, profesjonel |
 Polish: fachowy |
 Persian: وابسته به حرفه یا شغل |
 Pashto: په مسلك پورى تړلى |
 Portuguese: profissional |
 Romanian: profesional |
 Russian: профессиональный |
 Slovak: profesionálny |
 Slovenian: poklicen |
 Serbian: profesionalan |
 Swedish: yrkes- |
 Thai: ที่มีความเชี่ยวชาญ |
 Turkish: meslekî, profesyonel |
 Taiwanese: 專業的 |
 Ukrainian: професійний |
 Urdu: پيشہ ورانہ |
 Vietnamese: thuộc về nghề |
 Chinese: 专业的 |
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