profess

Pronunciation: /pɹəˈfɛs/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about
  2. verb confess one's faith in, or allegiance to
  3. verb admit (to a wrongdoing)

Etymology

From Old French professer, and its source, the participle stem of Latin profitērī, from pro- + fatērī (“to confess, acknowledge”).

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