Look up: PROFESSION

1. profession
   [Noun] Plural form: professions. A type of work that needs special training - eg: doctor, lawyer, nurse, teacher. This word is often used to talk about a group of very qualified people who have the same type of job.
   Example: The medical profession got together at a conference last week.
   See also: professional
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2. profession
   [n] - the body of people in a learned occupation 2. [n] - an open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion 3. [n] - affirmation of acceptance of some religion or faith 4. [n] - an occupation requiring special education (especially in the liberal arts or sciences)
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3. Profession
   a prestigious, white-collar occupation that requires extensive formal education
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4. Profession
   Pro·fes'sion noun [ French, from Latin professio . See Profess , v. ] 1. The act of professing or claiming; open declaration; public avowal or acknowledgment; as, professions of friendship; a pro...
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5. profession
   1. The act of professing or claiming; open declaration; public avowal or acknowledgment; as, professions of friendship; a profession of faith. 'A solemn vow, promise, and profession.' (Bk. Of Com. Prayer) ... 2. That which one professed; a declaration; an avowal; a claim; as, his professions are ins...
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6. profession
   professing noun an open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion; `a profession of disagreement`
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7. profession
   noun an occupation requiring special education (especially in the liberal arts or sciences)
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8. profession
   noun the body of people in a learned occupation; `the news spread rapidly through the medical community`
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9. Profession
   • (v.) The act of professing or claiming; open declaration; public avowal or acknowledgment; as, professions of friendship; a profession of faith. • (v.) That of which one professed knowledge; the occupation, if not mechanical, agricultural, or the like, to which one devotes one`s self; th...
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10. profession
    (from the article `classical scholarship`) Associated with Germany was the movement toward what may be called professionalism during the second half of the 19th century. Though Wolf`s example ... ...Generally, workers with good educations and high occupational status are more likely to assert their interests individually rather than thr...
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11. profession
    profession 1. An occupation that requires extensive education or specialized training and/or experience. 2. The members of a particular occupation. 3. A declaration of belief in a religion or faith.
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12. profession
    
    • the body of people in a learned occupation
    • an occupation requiring special education (especially in the liberal arts or sciences)
    • an open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion
    • affirmation of acceptance of some religion or faith
    
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13. profession
    In its present-day meaning, the somewhat traditional concept of `the professions` (sometimes also called `liberal professions`) encompasses occupations in the service sector which call for advanced learning or training. They are not businesses or trades (`Gewerbe`). They include, notably, lawyers, a...
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14. profession
    A paid occupation, especially one which needs training and a formal qualification such as medicine or the law.
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15. Profession
    A `profession` is a vocation founded upon specialized educational training, the purpose of which is to supply disinterested counsel and service to others, for a direct and definite compensation, wholly apart from expectation of other business gain. History: Classically, there were only three profess...
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16. Profession
    (religious) : For Profession of faith (public avowal of faith according to a traditional formula), see Creed. The term `religious profession` is defined in the 1983 Code of Canon Law of the Roman Catholic Church in relation to members of religious institutes as follows: <blockquote>...
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17. Profession
    (short story) `Profession` is a novella by Isaac Asimov. The story first appeared in the July 1957 issue of Astounding Science Fiction and was the lead story in the 1959 collection Nine Tomorrows. Plot summary: The author presents a centralized Earth society of the sixty-...
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