professional

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noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ consummate, dedicated

▪

She's a consummate professional.

▪ certified (esp. AmE), educated, experienced, licensed (esp. AmE), qualified, seasoned, trained, well-educated

▪ competent, skilled

▪

highly educated and skilled professionals

▪ real, true

▪

This is the work of a real professional.

▪ leading, senior, top

▪

a top golf professional

▪ independent

▪

The survey should be performed by an independent professional.

▪ fellow

▪

an actor revered by his fellow professionals

▪ industry

▪

workshops led by industry professionals from around the US

▪ business, computer, design, education (esp. AmE), financial, health, health-care, information-technology, legal, marketing, media, medical, nursing, security, tax, teaching

▪ golf, tennis, etc.

▪ busy

▪

a manageable read for busy professionals

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NOTE: Professionals

▪ be … , practise/practice as … 

▪

He is able to practise/practice as a therapist.

▪ act as … 

▪

She is acting as architect on this project.

▪ have … 

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The group does not have an internal auditor.

▪ need … 

▪

We need an engineer to design something better.

▪ find … 

▪

It pays to find a good accountant.

▪ appoint … , appoint sb (as) … , employ …  (esp. AmE), engage …  (esp. BrE), get … , instruct … 

▪

Appoint a lawyer to act on your behalf.

▪ consult … , consult with …  (AmE), get/take advice from … , go to … , see … , speak to … , talk to … 

▪

I demand to speak to my lawyer!

▪  … acts for sb,  … defends sb,  … represents sb (used of lawyers)

▪

an in-house lawyer acting for a major company

▪  … advises

▪

His accountant has advised him to close down his business.

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adj.

1 connected with a job

VERBS

▪ be

▪ keep sth

▪

We keep everything professional at work.

▪ remain

▪

He tried very hard to remain professional.

ADVERB

▪ purely, strictly

▪

He insisted that his relationship with the duchess was purely professional.

2 extremely skilled

VERBS

▪ be, look, seem, sound

▪

Their designs look very professional.

ADVERB

▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc.

▪ highly, truly

▪

He dealt with the problem in a highly professional way.

▪ thoroughly, totally

▪ increasingly

▪ almost

3 done as a paid job, not a hobby

VERBS

▪ be

▪ become, go, turn

ADVERB

▪ fully

▪

He wants to turn fully professional.

Professional is used with these nouns: ↑accountability, ↑accountant, ↑actor, actress, ↑advice, ↑adviser, ↑archaeologist, ↑army, ↑artist, ↑aspiration, ↑assassin, ↑assistance, ↑association, ↑athlete, ↑athletics, ↑autonomy, ↑background, ↑ball, ↑baseball, ↑basketball, ↑biologist, ↑body, ↑bowling, ↑boxing, ↑burglar, ↑capacity, ↑career, ↑circuit, ↑class, ↑cleaner, ↑coach, ↑code, ↑colleague, ↑commitment, ↑competence, ↑conduct, ↑connection, ↑cook, ↑counselling, ↑counsellor, ↑courtesy, ↑credentials, ↑credibility, ↑cricket, ↑criminal, ↑culture, ↑dancer, ↑degree, ↑designer, ↑detachment, ↑development, ↑diploma, ↑diplomat, ↑discipline, ↑discretion, ↑distance, ↑distinction, ↑duty, ↑economist, ↑education, ↑elite, ↑environment, ↑ethics, ↑etiquette, ↑exam, ↑excellence, ↑experience, ↑expert, ↑expertise, ↑fee, ↑fight, ↑finish, ↑football, ↑footballer, ↑fulfilment, ↑gambler, ↑golf, ↑golfer, ↑guidance, ↑guide, ↑help, ↑historian, ↑hockey, ↑identity, ↑incompetence, ↑independence, ↑institute, ↑instruction, ↑integrity, ↑interest, ↑jealousy, ↑job, ↑journal, ↑journalism, ↑journalist, ↑judgement, ↑killer, ↑kitchen, ↑knowledge, ↑league, ↑librarian, ↑life, ↑link, ↑literature, ↑look, ↑man, ↑manager, ↑manner, ↑meeting, ↑military, ↑misconduct, ↑musician, ↑name, ↑negligence, ↑negotiator, ↑obligation, ↑obscurity, ↑occupation, ↑opinion, ↑orchestra, ↑organization, ↑outfit, ↑painter, ↑partnership, ↑peer, ↑people, ↑performance, ↑performer, ↑personnel, ↑philosopher, ↑photographer, ↑photography, ↑pilot, ↑player, ↑politician, ↑practice, ↑pride, ↑production, ↑psychologist, ↑psychology, ↑qualification, ↑rank, ↑reason, ↑recognition, ↑recording, ↑referee, ↑register, ↑regulation, ↑relationship, ↑reputation, ↑responsibility, ↑rivalry, ↑rugby, ↑salon, ↑scientist, ↑service, ↑singer, ↑skill, ↑snooker, ↑soccer, ↑society, ↑soldier, ↑specialist, ↑specialization, ↑sport, ↑sportsman, sportswoman, ↑staff, ↑standard, ↑standing, ↑status, ↑success, ↑tennis, ↑theatre, ↑thief, ↑touch, ↑tournament, ↑trader, ↑trainer, ↑training, ↑translator, ↑trustee, ↑woman, ↑work, ↑worker, ↑workshop, ↑writer, ↑writing