profession
31profession — professionless, n. /preuh fesh euhn/, n. 1. a vocation requiring knowledge of some department of learning or science: the profession of teaching. Cf. learned profession. 2. any vocation or business. 3. the body of persons engaged in an occupation …
32profession — [[t]prəfe̱ʃ(ə)n[/t]] ♦♦♦ professions 1) N COUNT: also by N A profession is a type of job that requires advanced education or training. Harper was a teacher by profession... Only 20 per cent of jobs in the professions are held by women. 2) N COUNT …
33profession*/ — [prəˈfeʃ(ə)n] noun [C] 1) a job that you need special skills and qualifications to do Her father discouraged her from going into the legal profession.[/ex] He was a teacher by profession (= as his job).[/ex] 2) all the people who work in a… …
34profession — /prə feʃ(ə)n/ noun 1. an occupation for which official qualifications are needed and which is often made a lifelong career ● The managing director is an accountant by profession. ● HR management is now more widely recognised as a profession. 2. a …
35Profession — Arbeit; Job; Beruf; Anstellung; Beschäftigung; Maloche (umgangssprachlich); Tätigkeit; Gewerbe; Fachgebiet; Metier * * * Pro|fes|si|on 〈f …
36Profession — STEVENSON (Robert Louis Balfour) Bio express : Poète, essayiste et romancier britannique (1850 1894) «La politique est peut être la seule profession pour laquelle nulle préparation n est jugée nécessaire.» Source : Études… …
37profession — noun 1》 a paid occupation, especially one involving training and a formal qualification. ↘[treated as sing. or plural] a body of people engaged in a profession. 2》 an open but typically false claim: a profession of allegiance. 3》 a… …
38profession — /prəˈfɛʃən / (say pruh feshuhn) noun 1. a vocation requiring knowledge of some department of learning or science, especially one of the three vocations of theology, law, and medicine (formerly known specifically as the professions or the learned… …
39profession — A vocation or occupation requiring special, usually advanced, education, knowledge, and skill; e.g. law or medical professions. Also refers to whole body of such profession. The labor and skill involved in a profession is predominantly mental or… …
40profession — n. 1 a vocation or calling, esp. one that involves some branch of advanced learning or science (the medical profession). 2 a body of people engaged in a profession. 3 a declaration or avowal. 4 a declaration of belief in a religion. 5 a the… …
