Meaning of "profess" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PROFESS

From Latin prōfitērī to confess openly, from pro-1 + fatērī to confess.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF PROFESS

profess  [prəˈfɛs]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PROFESS

Profess is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb profess in English.

WHAT DOES PROFESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of profess in the English dictionary

The first definition of profess in the dictionary is to affirm or announce ; acknowledge. Other definition of profess is to claim, often insincerely or falsely. Profess is also to receive or be received into a religious order, as by taking vows.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PROFESS

PRESENT

Present

I profess

you profess

he/she/it professes

we profess

you profess

they profess

Present continuous

I am professing

you are professing

he/she/it is professing

we are professing

you are professing

they are professing

Present perfect

I have professed

you have professed

he/she/it has professed

we have professed

you have professed

they have professed

Present perfect continuous

I have been professing

you have been professing

he/she/it has been professing

we have been professing

you have been professing

they have been professing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I professed

you professed

he/she/it professed

we professed

you professed

they professed

Past continuous

I was professing

you were professing

he/she/it was professing

we were professing

you were professing

they were professing

Past perfect

I had professed

you had professed

he/she/it had professed

we had professed

you had professed

they had professed

Past perfect continuous

I had been professing

you had been professing

he/she/it had been professing

we had been professing

you had been professing

they had been professing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will profess

you will profess

he/she/it will profess

we will profess

you will profess

they will profess

Future continuous

I will be professing

you will be professing

he/she/it will be professing

we will be professing

you will be professing

they will be professing

Future perfect

I will have professed

you will have professed

he/she/it will have professed

we will have professed

you will have professed

they will have professed

Future perfect continuous

I will have been professing

you will have been professing

he/she/it will have been professing

we will have been professing

you will have been professing

they will have been professing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would profess

you would profess

he/she/it would profess

we would profess

you would profess

they would profess

Conditional continuous

I would be professing

you would be professing

he/she/it would be professing

we would be professing

you would be professing

they would be professing

Conditional perfect

I would have profess

you would have profess

he/she/it would have profess

we would have profess

you would have profess

they would have profess

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been professing

you would have been professing

he/she/it would have been professing

we would have been professing

you would have been professing

they would have been professing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you profess
we let´s profess
you profess

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to profess

Past participle

professed

Present Participle

professing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «PROFESS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «profess» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of profess

acknowledge · admit · affirm · allege · announce · assert · asseverate · aver · avow · certify · claim · confess · confirm · declare · dissemble · fake · feign · let on · maintain · make out · own · pretend · proclaim · purport · sham · state · vouch

TRANSLATION OF PROFESS

Find out the translation of profess to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of profess from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «profess» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: > 声称
• Translator English - Spanish: profesar
• English: profess
• Translator English - Hindi: दावे
• Translator English - Arabic: اعتناق
• Translator English - Russian: исповедовать
• Translator English - Portuguese: alegar
• Translator English - Bengali: মুক্তকণ্ঠে স্বীকার করা
• Translator English - French: déclarer
• Translator English - Malay: Mengaku
• Translator English - German: vorgeben
• Translator English - Japanese: 言い張る
• Translator English - Korean: > 단언하다
• Translator English - Javanese: Profess
• Translator English - Vietnamese: biểu lộ
• Translator English - Tamil: நடி
• Translator English - Marathi: निंदा करणे
• Translator English - Turkish: açıkça söylemek
• Translator English - Italian: dichiarare
• Translator English - Polish: wyznawania
• Translator English - Ukrainian: сповідувати
• Translator English - Romanian: profesa
• Translator English - Greek: πρεσβεύουν
• Translator English - Afrikaans: bely
• Translator English - Swedish: bekänna
• Translator English - Norwegian: bekjenne

10 QUOTES WITH «PROFESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word profess.

1

John Quincy Adams

All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so is something worse.

2

Aaron Allston

Feminism is sort of like God. Many people profess to believe in it, but no one seems to be able to define it to everyone's satisfaction.

3

Eric Alterman

But particularly when the media profess to strive toward objectivity, gatekeepers play a crucial role in helping people navigate the news to make educated political decisions.

4

William Henry Ashley

Some of them profess to be well acquainted with all the principal waters of the Columbia, with which they assured me these waters had no connection short of the ocean.

5

Saint Basil

As we were baptized, so we profess our belief. As we profess our belief, so also we offer praise. As then baptism has been given us by the Savior, in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost, so, in accordance with our baptism, we make the confession of the creed, and our doxology in accordance with our creed.

6

Joy Behar

I don't profess to be an expert on anything, or have the memory for who ran in 1952. I am an informed American citizen, that's my position.

7

Sean Brady

Looking back, I am ashamed that I have not always upheld the values that I profess and believe in.

8

Ray Comfort

I am surprised that anyone can profess to be an atheist.

9

Jean-Francois Cope

I have a thought for Nicolas Sarkozy, you know my loyalty on his account, but I profess it too for Jacques Chirac.

10

Frederick Douglass

Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROFESS»

Discover the use of profess in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to profess and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Gracious Christianity: Living the Love We Profess

This book not only serves as an introduction to or review of the basics of the Christian faith but also shows how true, Spirit-led Christianity is a force for peace, justice, and goodness in today's volatile and violent world.

Douglas Jacobsen, Rodney J. Sawatsky, 2006

The Faith We Profess: none

none Dacy Laravel. to separate them from the others. The Pastor, strong Italian of the fifties generation, who once in a while, would let escape, ”Oi ve!” when annoyed, was the first one to turn in his papers of clearance. He wanted to make sure ...

Dacy Laravel, 2011

American Legislative Leaders in the Midwest, 1911-1994

APPENDIX 5 STATE 1ST NAME HIGHEST COLLEGE GRANTING SPKR LEVEL HIGHEST DEGREE KANSAS 1911 BUCKMAN GEORGE H PROFESS MICHIGAN 1913 BROWN WILLIS L GRAD H S NONE 1915 STONE ROBERT GRAD ...

Nancy Weatherly Sharp, James Roger Sharp, 1997

The Faith We Profess: A Catholic Guide to the Apostles' Creed

This fascinating summary of Catholic beliefs examines the Apostles' Creed as both a treasury of faith and an invitation to entrust oneself more completely to God.

Peter J. Vaghi, 2008

American Legislative Leaders in the West, 1911-1994

HIGHEST COLLEGE GRANTING LEVEL HIGHEST DEGREE GRAD H S NONE GRAD H S NONE PROFESS ... COLL HAWAII PROFESS NORTHWESTERN PROFESS WISCONSIN GRAD COLL BRIGHAM YOUNG PROFESS NEW YORK U ...

Nancy Weatherly Sharp, James Roger Sharp, 1997

Wkbk, Handbook for Off Profess

The workbook for HOW 11 provides reinforcement for the major principles contained in the reference manual.

James Leland Clark, Lyn R. Clark, 2005

The Plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the Corrections ...

5 Only she comes too short, — that I profess &c ] That seems to stand withou. relation, but is referred to find, the first conjunction being inaccurately suppressed . 1 find that she names my deed, I fiml that I profess, &c. Johnson. The true meaning ...

William Shakespeare, Joseph Dennie, Isaac Reed, 1809

The Works of Jonathan Edwards

Thus they ought to profess their repentance of sin : as of old, when persons were initiated as professors, they came, confessing their sins, manifesting their humiliation for sin, Matt. iii. 6. And the baptism they were baptized with, was called the ...

Jonathan Edwards, Henry Rogers, Sereno Edwards Dwight, 1839

The Works

that will oblige them, who profess his religion, to be false, bloody, and cruel ; and all for the serving a secular interest and end !" It is easy to apprehend the mischievous tendency of such practical principles of theirs, and how much paganism is ...

John Howe, Edmund Calamy, 1835

A help to catechising

Does the Church require grown persons to perform repentance and faith before they are baptised, or only to profess them ? To profess them. Does the Church require infants to perform these things before they are baptised, or only to profess  ...

James Beaven, 1841

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PROFESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term profess is used in the context of the following news items.

Victorian minister, Adem Somyurek, blames bullying allegations on …

“It's been a painful two months of sitting silently not being able to profess my innocence,” he said. Somyurek called on SDA-aligned deputy ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»

Great British Bake Off star Mary Berry says she 'wasn't smart enough …

So I dabble, but I wouldn't profess to be good at it.' Despite the friendly nature of the BBC One show, both Mary and Paul say they would never ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»

Ncube slams opposition, Zanu PF rejects

... from power and that, in this regard, we must unite even with those who still profess loyalty to Zanu PF even after being jettisoned from it. «New Zimbabwe.com, Jul 15»

Scalia Gets It Pretty Much Right

Instead, what is required is that the person seeking an exemption from military service profess a set of beliefs that "occupy in the life of that ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»

Japan's Medical Dynamic Marketing Partners with Materialise for 3D …

Most will profess that the surgery is well worth it though, once they are relieved of chronic pain and are able to walk and move about again. «3DPrint.com, Jul 15»

A ticket to bride: Police aid in Cottage Grove, Minn., man's marriage …

But a Cottage Grove man enlisted the help of local law enforcement to profess his love for his longtime girlfriend — a prank-turned-proposal ... «Grand Forks Herald, Jul 15»

The Bachelorette 2015 Kaitlyn Bristowe Recap 7/27/15: Season 11 …

Nick isn't upset that Kaitlyn chose Shawn over him, but he is upset that Kaitlyn let him nearly propose to her and profess his love to her. He feels ... «Celebrity Dirty Laundry, Jul 15»

'The Young And The Restless' Spoilers For This Week: Chelsea …

Adam tells Billy to profess his love for Victoria and to stop making him feel more miserable than he already is. Phyllis starts to doubt her future ... «International Business Times, Jul 15»

Boy Scout decision not a surprise for Iowa leader

But now, those who are openly gay can profess that in the application process. Hopper said he expects that some of the 5,000 adult leaders in ... «DesMoinesRegister.com, Jul 15»

Plea withdrawals made harder by Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Armstrong County District Attorney Scott Andreassi said that up until now, all a defendant had to do was profess innocence and the court was ... «Tribune-Review, Jul 15»