PROFESSION Definition & Meaning

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profession

[ pruh-fesh-uhn ]

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noun

a vocation requiring knowledge of some department of learning or science: Compare learned profession.
the profession of teaching.
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any vocation or business.
the body of persons engaged in an occupation or calling:
to be respected by the medical profession.
the act of professing; avowal; a declaration, whether true or false:
professions of dedication.
Synonyms: , ,
the declaration of belief in or acceptance of religion or a faith:
the profession of Christianity.
a religion or faith professed.
the declaration made on entering into membership of a church or religious order.

profession

/ ��əˈ��ɛʃə�� /

noun

an occupation requiring special training in the liberal arts or sciences, esp one of the three learned professions, law, theology, or medicine
the body of people in such an occupation
the act of professing; avowal; declaration
1. Also calledprofession of faith a declaration of faith in a religion, esp as made on entering the Church of that religion or an order belonging to it
2. the faith or the religion that is the subject of such a declaration

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Other �y��vlog Forms

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of profession¹

First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English, from Medieval Latin ��Ǵڱ��ō��-, stem of ��Ǵڱ��ō “the taking of the vows of a religious order,” from profess(us) “declared publicly” ( professed ) + -��ō -ion

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of profession¹

C13: from Medieval Latin ��Ǵڱ��ō the taking of vows upon entering a religious order, from Latin: public acknowledgment; see profess

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Synonym Study

See occupation.

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A childminder has said that costs are deterring people from going into the profession and the current childcare subsidy scheme does not go far enough.

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UTU general secretary Jacquie White called the deal "a significant first step in the process of delivering tangible change for the teaching profession",

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One former teaching assistant previously told BBC South East how she quit the profession after being hit, kicked, bitten and sworn at by pupils.

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“When you look at how many journalists have left the profession in the past few years because it’s not economically sustainable in so many ways, that’s very frightening,” he says.

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And so it is unsurprising that the first president to amass felony convictions in his post-presidency is determined to force the legal profession into subservience.

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