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Professional - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Professional : adj
1: engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or
means of livelihood; "the professional man or woman
possesses distinctive qualifications"; "began her
professional career after the Olympics"; "professional
theater"; "professional football"; "a professional
cook"; "professional actors and athletes" [ant: nonprofessional]
2: of or relating to or suitable as a profession; "professional
organizations"; "a professional field such as law"
3: characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged
in a profession; "professional conduct"; "professional
ethics"; "a thoroughly professional performance" [ant: unprofessional]
4: of or relating to a profession; "we need professional
advice"; "professional training"; "professional equipment
for his new office"
5: engaged in by members of a profession; "professional
occupations include medicine and the law and teaching"
(noun)
1: a person engaged in one of the learned professions [syn: professional
person]
2: an athlete who plays for pay [syn: pro] [ant: amateur]
3: an authority qualified to teach apprentices [syn: master]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Professional : \Pro*fes"sion*al\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to a profession, or calling; conforming
to the rules or standards of a profession; following a
profession; as, professional knowledge; professional
conduct. ``Pride, not personal, but professional.''
--Macaulay. ``A professional sneerer.'' --De Quincey.
2. Engaged in by professionals; as, a professional race; --
opposed to amateur.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Professional : \Pro*fes"sion*al\, n.
A person who prosecutes anything professionally, or for a
livelihood, and not in the character of an amateur; a
professional worker.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Professional |
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