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 Definitions of professional  [əˈfɛʃ ə nl]  

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Definition of 'professional' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

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)

Definition of 'professional' Princeton's WordNet 

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"


Definition of 'professional' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

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.


Definition of 'professional' Webster Dictionary 

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


Translation of 'professional' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: of a profession
professional skill.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: professioneel Arabic flag Arabic: مِهَني Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: професионален
Brazilian flag Brazilian: profissional Czech flag Czech: profesionální German flag German: Berufs-...
Danish flag Danish: faglig Greek flag Greek: επαγγελματικός Spanish flag Spanish: profesional
Estonian flag Estonian: ameti- Farsi flag Farsi: وابسته به حرفه یا شغل Finnish flag Finnish: ammatillinen
French flag French: professionnel Hebrew flag Hebrew: מִקצוֹעִי Hindi flag Hindi: व्यावसायिक, पेशेवर
Hungarian flag Hungarian: szakmai Indonesian flag Indonesian: profesional Icelandic flag Icelandic: fagmannlegur, atvinnumann
Italian flag Italian: professionale Japanese flag Japanese: 専門の Korean flag Korean: 전문적인
Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: profesinis Latvian flag Latvian: profesionāls Malay flag Malay: profesional
Dutch flag Dutch: beroeps- Norwegian flag Norwegian: fag-, faglig, profesjonel Polish flag Polish: fachowy
Persian flag Persian: وابسته به حرفه یا شغل Pashto flag Pashto: په مسلك پورى تړلى Portuguese flag Portuguese: profissional
Romanian flag Romanian: profesional Russian flag Russian: профессиональный Slovak flag Slovak: profesionálny
Slovenian flag Slovenian: poklicen Serbian flag Serbian: profesionalan Swedish flag Swedish: yrkes-
Thai flag Thai: ที่มีความเชี่ยวชาญ Turkish flag Turkish: meslekî, profesyonel Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 專業的
Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: професійний Urdu flag Urdu: پيشہ ورانہ Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: thuộc về nghề
Chinese flag Chinese: 专业的

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