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Overview of verb profess

The verb profess has 7 senses


  • profess -- (practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about; "She professes organic chemistry")

  • profess -- (confess one's faith in, or allegiance to; "The terrorists professed allegiance to their country"; "he professes to be a Communist")

  • concede, profess, confess -- (admit (to a wrongdoing); "She confessed that she had taken the money")

  • profess -- (state freely; "The teacher professed that he was not generous when it came to giving good grades")

  • profess -- (receive into a religious order or congregation)

  • profess -- (take vows, as in religious order; "she professed herself as a nun")

  • profess, pretend -- (state insincerely; "He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt"; "She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber"; "She pretends to be an expert on wine")


Overview of adj professed

The adj professed has 3 senses


  • professed -- (professing to be qualified; "a professed philosopher")

  • professed -- (claimed with intent to deceive; "his professed intentions")

  • avowed, professed -- (openly declared as such; "an avowed enemy"; "her professed love of everything about that country"; "McKinley was assassinated by a professed anarchist")

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