COBUILD frequency band
professional
Word forms: plural professionals
1.adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] B1+
Professional means relating to a person's work, especially work that requires special training.
2.adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] B1+
3.adjective B1+
4.adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] B1+
5.adjective B1+
If you say that something that someone does or produces is professional, you approve of it because you think that it is of a very high standard.
[approval]
6. See also semi-professional
More Synonyms of professional
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COBUILD frequency band
professional in British English
adjective
1.
of, relating to, suitable for, or engaged in as a profession
2.
engaging in an activity for gain or as a means of livelihood
3.
a.
extremely competent in a job, etc
b.
(of a piece of work or anything performed) produced with competence or skill
4.
undertaken or performed for gain or by people who are paid
noun
5.
a person who belongs to or engages in one of the professions
6.
a person who engages for his or her livelihood in some activity also pursued by amateurs
7.
a person who engages in an activity with great competence
8.
an expert player of a game who gives instruction, esp to members of a club by whom he or she is hired
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Derived forms
professionally (proˈfessionally)
adverb
COBUILD frequency band
professional in American English
adjective
1.
of, engaged in, or worthy of the high standards of a profession
2. US
designating or of a school, esp. a graduate school, offering instruction in a profession
3.
earning one's living from an activity, such as a sport, not normally thought of as an occupation
4.
engaged in by professional players
professional hockey
5.
engaged in a specified occupation for pay or as a means of livelihood
a professional writer
6.
being such in the manner of one practicing a profession
a professional hatemonger
noun
7.
a person practicing a profession
8.
a.
a person who engages in some art, sport, etc. for money, esp. as a means of livelihood, rather than as a hobby
b.
pro2 (sense 3)
9.
a person who does something with great skill
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Derived forms
professionally (proˈfessionally)
adverb
COBUILD frequency band
professional in American English
(prəˈfeʃənl)
adjective
1.
following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain
a professional builder
2.
of, pertaining to, or connected with a profession
professional studies
3.
appropriate to a profession
professional objectivity
4.
engaged in one of the learned professions
A lawyer is a professional person
5.
following as a business an occupation ordinarily engaged in as a pastime
a professional golfer
6.
making a business or constant practice of something not properly to be regarded as a business
“A salesman,” he said, “is a professional optimist”
7.
undertaken or engaged in as a means of livelihood or for gain
professional baseball
8.
of or for a professional person or his or her place of business or work
a professional apartment
professional equipment
9.
done by a professional; expert
professional car repairs
noun
10.
a person who belongs to one of the professions, esp. one of the learned professions
11.
a person who earns a living in a sport or other occupation frequently engaged in by amateurs
a golf professional
12.
an expert player, as of golf or tennis, serving as a teacher, consultant, performer, or contestant; pro
13.
a person who is expert at his or her work
You can tell by her comments that this editor is a real professional
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Derived forms
professionally
adverb
Word origin
[1740–50; profession + -al1]
Examples of 'professional' in a sentence
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Maartens had remarked that they needed to take a look at his professional life. Val McDermid THE LAST TEMPTATION (2002) Val McDermid DEAD BEAT (2002) Val McDermid THE LAST TEMPTATION (2002) Jack Kerley THE HUNDREDTH MAN (2002)
COBUILD Collocations
professional
financial professional
professional qualification
professional rank
professional relationship
professional reputation
professional service
professional skill
professional soccer
professional standard
professional status
professional success
professional team
professional tennis
professional tournament
professional training
qualified professional
safety professional
skilled professional
trained professional
urban professional
young professional
