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How to pronounce profession in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms professing
Type of affirmation, avowal, avouchment
Derivation profess


a profession of disagreement.
Type Words
Type of affirmation
Derivation profess


a profession of Christianity.
Type Words
Type of business, occupation, job, line, line of work
Has types journalism, architecture, politics, literature, education, engineering, learned profession
Type Words
Type of vocation, occupational group
Has types legal profession, health profession, economics profession, community of scholars, businessmen, bar, business community, priesthood, legal community


the news spread rapidly through the medical profession.

Examples of profession

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At the same time, lawmakers are obliged by their profession to be out in public.
From the thenewstribune.com
Once they graduate, they face one of the toughest job markets of any profession.
From the businessweek.com
However, social work is an established profession distinct from good intentions.
From the latimes.com
There are some that should be in a different profession but that can't be fired.
From the orlandosentinel.com
That's when Joakim fell in love with the sport that would become his profession.
From the suntimes.com
Especially when the system is so widely promoted through the medical profession.
From the theaustralian.com.au
I'm at the very top of my profession, I love the guys on my team, it's our team.
From the newsday.com
She has a hard time recommending the profession to people interesting in flying.
From the sacbee.com
The teachers are the adults and he or she selected that profession for a reason.
From the ocregister.com
More examples
  • The body of people in a learned occupation; "the news spread rapidly through the medical profession"; "they formed a community of scientists"
  • An occupation requiring special education (especially in the liberal arts or sciences)
  • An open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion; "a profession of disagreement"
  • Affirmation of acceptance of some religion or faith; "a profession of Christianity"
  • A profession is a vocation founded upon specialised educational training, the purpose of which is to supply disinterested counsel and service to others, for a direct and definite compensation, wholly apart from expectation of other business gain.
  • The term religious profession is defined in the 1983 Code of Canon Law of the Roman Catholic Church in relation to members of religious institutes as follows: By religious profession members make a public vow to observe the three evangelical counsels. ...
  • Profession is a novella by Isaac Asimov. The story first appeared in the July 1957 issue of Astounding Science Fiction and was the lead story in the 1959 collection Nine Tomorrows.
  • A promise or vow made on entering a religious order; A declaration of belief, faith or of one's opinion; An occupation, trade, craft, or activity in which one has a professed expertise in a particular area; a job, especially one requiring a high level of skill or training; The practitioners of ...
  • (Professions) Words Covered: architect, dancer, musician, lawyer, engineer, accountant, farmer, firefighter, mechanic, technician, accountant, doctor, artisan, assistant, mail, carrier, athlete, barber or airstylist, taxi driver, judge, operator, veterinarian, secretary, nurse, baker, volunteer, ...