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profess
[pruh-fes]
verb (used with object)
to lay claim to, often insincerely; pretend to.
He professed extreme regret.
Synonyms: , , ,to declare openly; announce or affirm; avow or acknowledge.
to profess one's satisfaction.
to affirm faith in or allegiance to (a religion, God, etc.).
to declare oneself skilled or expert in; claim to have knowledge of; make (a thing) one's profession or business.
to teach as a professor.
She professes comparative literature.
to receive or admit into a religious order.
verb (used without object)
to make a profession, avowal, or declaration.
to take the vows of a religious order.
profess
/ əˈɛ /
verb
to affirm or announce (something, such as faith); acknowledge
to profess ignorance
to profess a belief in God
(tr) to claim (something, such as a feeling or skill, or to be or do something), often insincerely or falsely
to profess to be a skilled driver
to receive or be received into a religious order, as by taking vows
Other Word Forms
- preprofess verb (used with object)
- unprofessing adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of profess1
Example Sentences
The budget cuts will undermine the administration’s professed goals.
She’s run with the role, both with the professed hopes of educating women on their health, but also with business prospects.
They profess to be emissaries of a deity called “Sleep,” and title songs like “The Night Does Not Belong to God.”
Some professed that it caused them to break faith with the show.
Yet despite the drivers’ professed devotion for their dogs, much of the care, feeding and cleaning up after the dogs falls to members of the race crew or a driver’s wife or girlfriend.
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