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This profession has fed me creatively and allowed me to have a home life and a private life.
Julia Barr

Meaning of "profession" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PROFESSION

From Medieval Latin professiō the taking of vows upon entering a religious order, from Latin: public acknowledgment; see profess.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PROFESSION

profession  [prəˈfɛʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PROFESSION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Profession is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PROFESSION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

profession

Profession

A profession is a vocation founded upon specialized educational training, the purpose of which is to supply objective counsel and service to others, for a direct and definite compensation, wholly apart from expectation of other business gain. The term is a truncation of the term "liberal profession", which is, in turn, an anglicisation of the French term "profession libérale". Originally borrowed by English users in the nineteenth century, it has been re-borrowed by international users from the late twentieth, though the class overtones of the term do not seem to survive retranslation: “liberal professions” are, according to the Directive on Recognition of Professional Qualifications “those practised on the basis of relevant professional qualifications in a personal, responsible and professionally independent capacity by those providing intellectual and conceptual services in the interest of the client and the public”.

Definition of profession in the English dictionary

The first definition of profession in the dictionary is an occupation requiring special training in the liberal arts or sciences, esp one of the three learned professions, law, theology, or medicine. Other definition of profession is the body of people in such an occupation. Profession is also the act of professing; avowal; declaration.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PROFESSION


accession
əkˈsɛʃən
aggression
əˈɡrɛʃən
cession
ˈsɛʃən
compression
kəmˈprɛʃən
concession
kənˈsɛʃən
confession
kənˈfɛʃən
depression
dɪˈprɛʃən
discretion
dɪˈskrɛʃən
expression
ɪkˈsprɛʃən
impression
ɪmˈprɛʃən
obsession
əbˈsɛʃən
oppression
əˈprɛʃən
possession
pəˈzɛʃən
procession
prəˈsɛʃən
progression
prəˈɡrɛʃən
recession
rɪˈsɛʃən
regression
rɪˈɡrɛʃən
session
ˈsɛʃən
succession
səkˈsɛʃən
suppression
səˈprɛʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PROFESSION

profess
professed
professedly
profession of faith
professional
professional advice
professional army
professional association
professional foul
Professional Golfers´ Association
professional misconduct
professional school
professionalisation
professionalise
professionalism
professionalist
professionalization
professionalize
professionally
professor

WORDS THAT END LIKE PROFESSION

admission
automatic transmission
commission
compassion
concussion
conversion
discussion
emission
European Commission
Great Depression
mission
omission
passion
percussion
permission
pression
remission
repression
Securities and Exchange Commission
submission
transmission

Synonyms and antonyms of profession in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PROFESSION»

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

Translation of «profession» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PROFESSION

Find out the translation of profession to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of profession from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «profession» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

职业
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

profesión
570 millions of speakers

English

profession
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पेशे
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حِرْفَة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

профессия
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

profissão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পেশা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

profession
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Profesion
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Beruf
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

職業
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

직업
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Profesi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nghề
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தொழிலை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

व्यवसाय
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

meslek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

professione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zawód
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

професія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

profesie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επάγγελμα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

beroep
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

yrke
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fag
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of profession

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PROFESSION»

The term «profession» is very widely used and occupies the 8.595 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PROFESSION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «profession» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «profession» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about profession

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10 QUOTES WITH «PROFESSION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word profession.
1
Joan Allen
Almost any film that you do is an opportunity to open you up and make you more aware of an area that you might not be thinking about. That's what is kind of cool, or one of the cool things about this profession.
2
Paul Anka
As long as you're growing in your profession and you're respected, you're going to stay as clean as you can, because you've got something that you love that you don't want to lose.
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Julia Barr
This profession has fed me creatively and allowed me to have a home life and a private life.
4
Henry Bessemer
At this period the enthusiasm of the amateur was fast giving way to a more steady commercial instinct, and I let no opportunity slip of improving my position, but I felt that I was still labouring under the disadvantage of not having acquired some technical profession.
5
Georges Bizet
What a beautiful art, but what a wretched profession.
6
James Blunt
If you have good songs and a real desire to make music, the next thing to do, instead of approach record companies, is to get yourself a really good manager because then it allows you to focus on your profession of being a musician. Then they can focus on the darker art of the record label and the music industry.
7
Vicente del Bosque
I just wanted to defend football, which is not always easy to do. Those of us who have been in the sport so many years now realise we must protect it and look after it. I was speaking about football, what it means. It is our profession, it has been our lives, and we must take care of it a little.
8
Tyne Daly
I was raised to be in service to something larger than myself. A lot of actors concentrate on what they will get out of the profession, rather than what they can offer it. The way I see it, if you come with something to offer, you can offer it forever.
9
Clive Davis
I feel blessed that I found not just a profession, but a 24/7 way of life that I purely love. That curiosity to be current, to listen to the Hozier album, to be early in recognition of a Lorde and spending time with her and Miguel, the pleasure of seeing new talent erupt... I love it.
10
Sergei Eisenstein
The profession of film director can and should be such a high and precious one; that no man aspiring to it can disregard any knowledge that will make him a better film director or human being.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROFESSION»

Discover the use of profession in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to profession and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Translation as a Profession
The book starts with a presentation of the diversity of translations and an overview of the translation-localisation process. The second section describes the translation profession and the translators markets.
Daniel Gouadec, 2007
2
Peter Drucker on the Profession of Management
Collects some of the author's classic articles on management, covering such issues as corporate strategy, management style, and corporate change
Peter Ferdinand Drucker, 1998
3
Profession of Medicine: A Study of the Sociology of Applied ...
. Profession of Medicine is a landmark in the sociological analysis of the professions in modern society."—Ron Miller, Sociological Quarterly "This is the first book that I know of to go to the root of the matter by laying open to view ...
Eliot Freidson, 1988
4
Mrs. Warren's Profession
The clash of these two strong-willed but culturally constrained Victorian women is the spark that ignites the ironic wit of one of George Bernard Shaw's greatest plays, a withering critique of male domination, sexual hypocrisy, and societal ...
George Bernard Shaw, 2010
5
Translation as a Profession
Written by a professional translator with 14 years of industry experience, this book shows you where the opportunities are for freelance or corporate employment, how to find them, and make the most of them, along with tips and tricks to ...
Roger Chriss, 2006
6
Breastfeeding: A Guide for the Medical Profession
Access the fully searchable text online at www.expertconsult.com. Treat conditions associated with breastfeeding-such as sore nipples, burning pain, or hives-using extensive evidence-based information.
Ruth A. Lawrence, Robert Michael Lawrence, 2011
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The World's Newest Profession: Management Consulting in the ...
In The World's Newest Profession, first published in 2006, Christopher McKenna offers a history of management consulting in the twentieth century.
Christopher D. McKenna, 2006
8
Architecture--art Or Profession?: Three Hundred Years of ...
What relation does an architect's education have to the built environment? What lessons are there from the past? This book will be of interest to students, lecturers and all those interested in the debates around contemporary architecture.
Mark Crinson, Jules Lubbock, 1994
9
From Craft to Profession: The Practice of Architecture in ...
This is the first in-depth study of how the architectural profession emerged in early American history.
Mary N. Woods, 1999
10
Architect?: A Candid Guide to the Profession
This revisededition of the best basic guide to the architectural profession includes new information pertinent to current education andpractice and addresses issues and concerns of great interest tostudents choosing among different types of ...
Roger K. Lewis, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PROFESSION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term profession is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Alleged fraudster duped medical profession using another man's …
A man purporting to be a psychiatrist was hired by the Waikato District Health Board using legitimate documents and referees belonging to ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
2
Technology Leading Audit Profession Evolution: KPMG/Forbes …
"Audit 2020: A Focus on Change" points to the innovations underway in the audit profession due to the explosion of available data and the ... «PR Newswire, Jul 15»
3
A wake-up call on diversity in the legal profession
The lack of diversity in the legal profession, as evidenced by the inequality in the appointments of senior counsel at the Supreme Court and ... «Livemint, Jul 15»
4
One third of the profession is fake, claims BCI chief. So can the real …
But this is not merely an accident, a symptom of an unscrupulous profession or as Mishra alleges, the fault of people like former Delhi law ... «Legally India, Jul 15»
5
Lacasse wins Advancing and Leading the Profession award
On June 19, Cheryl Lacasse, MS, RN, OCN, clinical professor at the University of Arizona College of Nursing, was named the Mountain West ... «Inside Tucson Business, Jul 15»
6
A heroic profession foreign to many
You have had a long day at work, you get home and are getting ready to cook dinner. It starts getting dark, a storm is brewing and the lights start ... «Your Houston News, Jul 15»
7
One in Four Teachers Leaves Profession Within 5 Years
According to the report, one out of every three teachers leaves the profession within five years. By comparison, one in four finance workers ... «Arutz Sheva, Jul 15»
8
Fruit-seller secures 2nd position, vows to continue 'profession' to …
It is my profession which helps me to feed my poor family,” he said. He said that the fruit-selling on a cart had never created hurdle in the way of ... «Pakistan Today, Jul 15»
9
Morning Briefing: Shocking revelation about Indian legal profession
The Bar Council of India has revealed a startling statistic about the country's legal profession; 30 per cent of lawyers are fake! Speaking at an ... «Australasian Lawyer, Jul 15»
10
The Army Profession Annual Symposium 2015
To highlight the newly published Army Ethic (within ADRP 1, June '15) and how it guides senior leaders in their strategic stewardship ... «United States Army, Jul 15»

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