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Definition: Professional |
ProfessionalAdjective1. 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". 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". 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". Noun1. A person engaged in one of the learned professions. 2. An athlete who plays for pay. 3. An authority qualified to teach apprentices. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "professional" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | An Internet domain name ("dot prof"). Source: European Union. (references) |
Labor | One who belongs to one of the learned professions or is in an occupation requiring a high level of training and proficiency. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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A Go professional is a professional player of the game of Go. Such players are incredibly strong at the game. The competition is tremendous, and prize incentives for champion players are very high. For example, the Honinbo Tournament has a grand prize of about $175,000.Almost all professional players are from China, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan.
Professional rankings are separate from the amateur ratings (approximately 30 kyu through 7 dan). Professional rankings are 1 dan through 9 dan (sometimes written 1p through 9p). 1 dan professional is roughly equal to (European) 7 dan amateur.
See also go players
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A profession is a specialized work function within society, generally performed by a professional.
Profession is often restricted to include only those occupations requiring extensive study and possessing a specialized knowledge or theory base, such as law, medicine, nursing, the clergy or engineering.
Terms such as ocupational serve the purpose of uphelding the distinction between professionals and others who for their living are dependent on their work rather than on their economic wealth. Such usage avoids the confusion caused by vague usage of the words professional and professionalism to express prestige, approval or a sense of exclusivity.
Sociologists have been known to define professionalism as organised exclusivity along guild lines, much in the sense that George Bernard Shaw characterised all professions as "conspiracies against the laity".
A profession is always held by a person, and it is generally that person's way of generating income. Some historians believe that the foundation of modern civilization is division of labour into different professions, thus increasing the level of expertise held by professionals.
The existence of a traceable historical record of notable members of the profession is used as an indicator of a profession. Often, these historic professionals are well-known to laypersons outside the field, for example, Clarence Darrow (law), Edward Jenner (medicine), and Florence Nightingale (nursing.)
The distinction between laypersons and professionals denotes the critical aspect of more liberal definitions of a profession: being paid for the work. As such, ball players and movie makers may be professionals, although their work does not fit the strict definition offered above.
See also: list of professions
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A professional is someone who does something as a profession, or that they receive pay for. The term professional can also indicate that someone has great skill in a craft or activity, or that something demonstrates such skill. To conduct oneself as a professional (professional behavior) would indicate that the person's actions are in accordance with specific rules, written or unwritten, pertaining to the standards of a profession.The opposite of professional is amateur. In many cases someone can be doing the exact same craft or task, and the only difference between a professional and an amateur is that one is paid. An example would be athletes in some sports.
In many areas there is a barrier to entry that must be passed before someone can become a professional. Such barriers include academic degrees, certifications, licenses or completion of an apprenticeship. Professions with such barriers include doctor, engineer, lawyer, plumber, and electrician.
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A professional body or professional organization is an organisation, usually non-profit, that exists to further a particular profession, to protect both the public interest and the interests of professionals. The balance between these two may be a matter of opinion. One the one hand, professional bodies act to protect the public by maintaining and enforcing standards of training and ethics in their profession. On the other hand, they may also act like a cartel or a labor union (trade union) for the members of the profession, though this description is commonly rejected by the body concerned. Membership of a professional body does not necessarily mean that a person possesses qualifications in the subject area, nor that they are legally able to practice their profession.Many professional bodies also act as learned societies for the academic disciplines underlying their professions.
See also
- list of professional bodies in the United Kingdom.
- List of civic, fraternal, service, and professional organizations operating in the United States
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| PRA | English | Professional Rugby Players Association | Sports & Leisure |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: ProfessionalSynonyms: master (n), pro (n), professional person (n). (additional references) |
| Antonyms: nonprofessional (adj), unprofessional (adj), amateur (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Business | Adjective: businesslike; workaday; professional; official, functional; busy; (actively employed); on hand, in hand, in one's hands; afoot; on foot, on the anvil; going on; acting. |
Record | Gazette, gazetteer; newspaper, daily, magazine; almanac, almanack; calendar, ephemeris, diary, log, journal, daybook, ledger; cashbook, petty cashbook; professional journal, scientific literature, the literature, primary literature, secondary literature, article, review article. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Professional |
| English words defined with "professional": professional life, professional organization, professional relation. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "professional": 3DNow! Professional ♦ Burnout, Professional ♦ Commission on Professional and Hospital Activities ♦ MANAGER, PROFESSIONAL EQUIPMENT SALES-AND-SERVICE ♦ postgraduate continuing professional education, Professional Competence, Professional Corporations, Professional Graphics Adapter, Professional Impairment, Professional Judgment, Professional Office System, Professional Practice, professional programming, Professional Staff Committees, Professional, technical, and related occupations. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Professional" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. German (professional). |
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Screenplays | Sir, I was wondering, did you catch the professional football contest on television last night (Coming to America; writing credit: David Sheffield) I just came here as a professional courtesy since she's in New Orleans and plans on killing one of your prominent citizens (Double Jeopardy; writing credit: David Weisberg; Douglas Cook) You have serious emotional problems, deep seated problems for which you should seek professional help (Fight Club; writing credit: Jim Uhls) You are professional. You do not kill without reason (The Living Daylights; writing credit: Richard Maibaum) So far, the first film was a very good, professional piece of skinny like it was done in Hollywood (A Clockwork Orange; writing credit: Stanley Kubrick) | |
Clever | I became a professional fisherman, but discovered that I couldn't live on my net income. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Professional Father (1955) The Professional Patient (1917) For Professional Reasons (1915) The Professional Scape Goat (1914) Professional Jealousy (1908) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Shown is a female health professional at the bedside of a bald female chemotherapy patient discussing information in a pamphlet or chart. (See artwork NCI-112D). Credit: NCI Clinical Center/Mathews Media Group. |  | The Cancer Information Service's (CIS) information specialists advise patients, the public and the health professional who request information about cancer. Credit: John Crawford (photographer). |
 | Imagine turning your home computer into the equivalent of a professional telescope which can ... Credit: NASA. |  | Maria Mitchell Worked under contract to the Coast Survey in mid-1840's First woman professional to work for the Federal Government Famous astronomer, computer for the Nautical Almanac, professor at Vassar. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Woman professional operating tide prediction machine World War II opened up many opportunities for women Over 1/2 of males with C&GS joined the Armed Services. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Professional trainer, Bobby Ingersol, shows off Kiger Cougar, an adopted Kiger Mustang. Southeast Oregon. Credit: Mark Armstrong. |
 | Acrylic painting of a pair of canvasbacks by Bruce Miller, 4365 Enchanted Point, Mound, MN 55364. Miller, a professional artist and avid outdoorsman, studied art at St. Cloud State University and has traveled extensively throughout Europe and the United States. He started painting wildlife in 1980 and took third place in the 1991 Federal Duck Stamp Contest. Other honors received in 1993 include being named Artist of the Year for both the Michigan Wildlife Art Festival in Detroit and the Wildlife and Western Art Show in Minneapolis. Miller also won the 1993 Minnesota Pheasant Habitat Stamp Contest and was commissioned to design the 1993 New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, and Virginia State Duck Stamps. Return to the Federal Duck Stamp Office Home Page. |  | Jim comes from an artistic family of nine, including a sister, mother and two brothers who are also professional artists. His brothers Robert and Joseph have also won the Federal Duck Stamp Contest, in 1996 (RW59) and 1991 (RW59) respectively. Return to the Federal Duck Stamp Office Home Page. |
 | After the eyes are dilated, an indirect ophthalmoscope provides the eye care professional with a wider view of the retina. Credit: National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health. |  | A slit lamp, with its high magnification, allows the eye care professional to examine the front of the eye. Credit: National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health. |
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| "Sunset Clouds" by Virgil Ispas Commentary: "I took this picture from my home window, at sunset. My camera is not so professional, but I tried my best." | "Referee" by Uschi Hering Commentary: "High professional." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Alistair Cooke | A professional; is someone who can do his best work when he doesn't feel like it. |
Gordon Willard Allport | Love--incomparably the greatest psychotherapeutic agent--is something that professional psychiatry cannot of itself create, focus, nor release. |
Jim Tully | The lawyer and the doctor and other professional men have often a touch of civilization. The banker and the merchant seldom. |
Samuel Butler | Hell is the work of prigs, pedants and professional truth-tellers. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
United Nations | 1948 | Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit. (reference) |
Brown v. Board of Education | 1954 | Today, in contrast, many Negroes have achieved outstanding success in the arts and sciences as well as in the business and professional world. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | To such a professional body Roger Chillingworth was a brilliant acquisition |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Fauchelevent had seen this mere artisan grow rich, while he himself, a professional man, had been going to ruin |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Directing families to professional counseling. (references) | |
These symptoms require professional treatment. (references) | ||
Consider professional mental health assistance. (references) | ||
Business | CANITEC is a very active and professional institution. (references) | |
The U.S. is the indisputable leader for imported professional gym equipment. (references) | ||
Craftsmen use trailers as well as professional 1 to 1.5 ton vans or light trucks. (references) | ||
Children | Paraguay | Persons with Disabilities The Constitution provides for equal opportunity for persons with disabilities and mandates that the State provide them with health care, education, recreation, and professional training. (references) |
Cameroon | In addition fewer girls were found at higher levels of education; according to a 1998/1999 study by the Technical Steering Committee of the Social Statistics Reference, women made up only 25 percent of students in specialized professional training programs. (references) | |
El Salvador | A semiautonomous institute, the Salvadoran Rehabilitation Institute for the Disabled, has 10 centers throughout the country and offers medical treatment, counseling, special education programs, and professional training courses. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | China | Likewise, Buddhist-run private schools and orphanages in the central part of the country not only educate children, but also offer professional training courses to teenagers and young adults. (references) |
Israel and the occupied territories | Journalists and professional journalist groups claimed that the Government placed limitations on their freedom of movement within the occupied territories, between the West Bank and Gaza, and between the occupied territories and Israel during the violent unrest throughout the year. (references) | |
Guatemala | On November 30, Congress passed a bill that would require every working journalist to hold a journalism degree, belong to a professional association, and receive a government license. (references) | |
Economic History | Ireland | Given both the 500+ U.S. firms with operations in Ireland, and the several hundred other U.S. firms with business relationships in Ireland, the Irish professional services sector is well-positioned to meet the specific needs of U.S. firms. (references) |
Thailand | Consulting services have been profitable in Thailand, particularly for providers such as IT vendors, multinational consulting firms, and local consulting firms, who basically provide professional advice on any aspects of IT related technologies. (references) | |
Latvia | Judges are appointed by the Minister of Justice and their appointments are confirmed by Parliament after two years' professional practice. (references) | |
Human Rights | Ukraine | Under the existing court system cases are decided by judges who sit singly, occasionally with two public assessors ("lay judges" or professional jurors with some legal training), or in groups of three for more serious cases. (references) |
Guatemala | Among other problems, he identified a lack of professional training among prison staff, administrative chaos within the bureaucracy, corruption and an inability to fire corrupt employees, a lack of physical control inside of prisons, and a chronic shortage of the resources needed to effect meaningful organizational change. (references) | |
Guatemala | In some of these cases, there was effective investigation by both the police's Office of Professional Responsibility (ORP) and the prosecutors. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Australia | Employed indigenous people were nearly 3 times more likely than nonindigenous people to be working as laborers and related workers and only half as likely to be employed as managers and administrators or in professional occupations, according to the latest available (1998) figures from the Bureau of Statistics. (references) |
Minorities | Israel and the occupied territories | Relative to their numbers, Israeli Arabs are underrepresented in the student bodies and faculties of most universities and in higher level professional and business ranks. (references) |
Macedonia | Minorities constituted approximately 12 percent of the total of officers, noncommissioned officers, and professional soldiers; about 15 percent of the cadets at the military academy were from ethnic minorities. (references) | |
Political Economy | VENEZUELA | Exceptions may be granted to foreign service companies and their professional staff for limited periods of time and for specific projects or contracts. (references) |
Colombia | The DAS, which has broad intelligence gathering, law enforcement, and investigative authority, reports directly to the President but is directed by a law enforcement professional. (references) | |
Cuba | The authorities routinely continued to harass, threaten, arbitrarily arrest, detain, imprison, and defame human rights advocates and members of independent professional associations, including journalists, economists, doctors, and lawyers, often with the goal of coercing them into leaving the country. (references) | |
Political Rights | Saudi Arabia | Communication between citizens and the Government usually is expressed through client-patron relationships and by affinity groups such as tribes, families, and professional hierarchies. (references) |
Morocco | In August 1997 at the urging of then-King Hassan II, Parliament created a 325-seat lower house, the Chamber of Representatives, to be filled by direct elections, and a 270-seat upper house, the Chamber of Deputies, whose members would be elected by various directly elected professional and regional councils. (references) | |
Macau | The 27-member Legislative Assembly elected in September is composed of 10 members elected in direct elections; 10 indirectly elected by local community interests such as business, labor, professional, welfare, cultural, educational and sports associations; and 7 appointed by the Chief Executive. (references) | |
Trade | Greece | Greece maintains nationality restrictions on a number of professional and business services, including legal advice. (references) |
Spain | ATA carnets are predominantly used for commercial samples, tools of trade, advertising material or cinematographic, audio-visual, medical, scientific or other professional equipment that will be imported for a period of less than a year. (references) | |
Botswana | In April 1997, sales tax coverage was extended to selected professional services. (references) | |
Travel | Australia | Carnets may be obtained for temporary duty-free entry of goods, such as commercial samples, jewelery, goods for international exhibitions, equipment for sporting events, professional television and film equipment, etcetera. (references) |
Cote D'ivoire | Free entry is permitted of necessary wearing apparel and personal effects that are proved to have been in personal or household used by the traveler and are not for sale, and of instruments and tools for professional use. (references) | |
Belgium | It usually takes eight to twelve months to obtain a working permit and 18 months to obtain a professional card. (references) | |
Women | Niger | Despite constituting 47 percent of the work force, women have made only modest inroads in civil service and professional employment and remained underrepresented in these areas. (references) |
Bulgaria | The AAF also operated a 24-hour hot line for women in crisis that was staffed by the Association's volunteer counselors, supported by 13 full-time professional therapists. (references) | |
Bulgaria | Many of the approximately 30 women's organizations are associated closely with political parties or have primarily professional agendas. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Slovenia | Of the 40 members of the upper chamber of Parliament--the National Council--4 represent employers, 4 represent employees, and 4 represent farmers, small business persons, and independent professional persons. (references) |
Brazil | Registration may be contested with the MLE by other unions that represent workers in the same geographical area and professional category. (references) | |
Azerbaijan | In a carryover from Soviet times, both management and workers are considered members of professional unions. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | SCRIBBLER, n. A professional writer whose views are antagonistic to one's own. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
John Hartmann | Very close. I talked to him once or twice or three times a week. I'm a professional agent and personal manager and throughout my career and I helped him make his choices on who was going to be his helpers in his career and what to do and what not to do. |
Matthew Perry | Oh, you know, I always had aspirations of being a tennis player, being a professional tennis player. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
James Madison | 1809-1817 | To a thriving agriculture and the improvements related to it is added a highly interesting extension of useful manufactures, the combined product of professional occupations and of household industry. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | The professional skill of the Attorney General, employed in directing the conduct of marshals and district attorneys, would hasten the collection of debts now in suit and hereafter save much to the Government. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | In this country the job of production and distribution is in the hands of businessmen, farmers, workers, and professional people--in the hands of our citizens. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | We must not relax our efforts to restore military strength just as we near our goal of a fully equipped, trained, and ready professional corps. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | For years, many of our educators, led by North Carolina's Governor Jim Hunt and the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, have worked very hard to establish nationally accepted credentials for excellence in teaching. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Professional" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 98.41% of the time. "Professional" is used about 10,206 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 98.41% | 10,044 | 928 |
| Noun (singular) | 1.57% | 160 | 24,760 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.02% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 10,206 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| USA | Professional Bancorp, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "professional": 3DNow! Professional ♦ Commission on Professional and Hospital Activities ♦ Foreign Professional Personnel ♦ health professional ♦ postgraduate continuing professional education ♦ professional association ♦ professional athlete ♦ Professional Autonomy ♦ professional baseball ♦ professional basketball ♦ professional boxing ♦ professional cant ♦ professional circles ♦ Professional Competence ♦ professional conference organizer ♦ Professional Corporations ♦ professional dancer ♦ professional diplomat ♦ professional ethics ♦ professional experience ♦ professional fee ♦ professional fitness ♦ professional football ♦ professional football player ♦ professional foul ♦ professional gambler ♦ professional golf ♦ professional golfer ♦ professional Graphics Adapter ♦ Professional Impairment ♦ professional interest ♦ professional journal ♦ Professional Kinesiology Practice ♦ professional knowledge ♦ professional life ♦ professional man ♦ professional money manager ♦ professional musician ♦ professional negotiator ♦ professional Office System ♦ professional opera singer ♦ professional organization ♦ professional outlay ♦ professional performance ♦ professional person ♦ professional photographer ♦ Professional Pilot ♦ professional player ♦ Professional Practice ♦ Professional Practice Location ♦ professional programming ♦ professional qualifications ♦ professional relation ♦ professional relationship ♦ professional reputation ♦ Professional Review Organizations ♦ professional secrecy ♦ professional soldier ♦ Professional Staff Committees ♦ professional tennis ♦ professional tennis player ♦ professional training ♦ professional video ♦ professional vs amateur ♦ professional woman ♦ professional wrestling. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "professional": professional-client, professional-cum-greenkeeper, Professional-Family, Professional-Family Relations, professional-general, professional-looking, professional-managerial, professional-negligence, professional-paraprofessional, Professional-Patient, Professional-Patient Relations, professional-quality, professional-sounding, professional-standard, professional-style, professional-tennis, professional-to-professional. | |
Ending with "professional": ex-professional, inter-professional, multi-professional, non-professional, para-professional, post-professional, semi-professional. | |
Containing "professional": Main-professional-grade. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "professional"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | professioneel. (various references) | |
Albanian | profesionist, profesional (occupational, regular, vocational), spezialist, i kualifikuar (accomplished, regular, skilled), ekspert (Ace, adept, assessor, experienced, expert, proficient, pundit, skilful, skillful, troubleshooter, valuer, wizard). (various references) | |
Arabic | مهني (occupational, vocational), محترف (regular), حرفي (craftsman, handicraft, literal, textual, verbal, verbatim), المحترف, المشتغل بمهنة حرفية, إحترافي, بغي (harlot, punk, trollop, wench). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | специалист (adept, authority, dab, dabster, fancier, pro, proficient, shark, specialist), професионален (career, occupation, occupational, shoppy, vocational), професионалист (pro). (various references) | |
Chinese | 行 (a row, all right, behavior, capable, competent, conduct, OK, okay, profession, temporary, to do, to go, to travel, to walk, will do), 专家 (Expert, Pundit). (various references) | |
Czech | profesionální, profesionál (practitioner, pro), odborník (expert, practitioner, scholar, specialist), odborný (expert, learned, scholarly, special, technical, vocational), kvalifikovaný (competent, qualified, skilled). (various references) | |
Danish | erhvervs-. (various references) | |
Dutch | professioneel, beroeps-. (various references) | |
Esperanto | profesia. (various references) | |
Finnish | ammatillinen (occupational, trade). (various references) | |
French | professionnel (pro). (various references) | |
German | professionell (professionally, slick), gewerbsmäßig, Berufs- (career, occupational), beruflich (career orientated, occupational, professionally, vocational). (various references) | |
Greek | επαγγελματικός (occupational). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מקצוען (pro), מקצועי (occupational, pro, skilled, vocational), בעל מקצוע. (various references) | |
Hungarian | szakmai (technical, technicality), szakember (expert, floater, pro, specialist, technician, whiz), profi (buff, pro, whiz), hivatásos (common, pro, professed). (various references) | |
Italian | professionista (practitioner, pro), professionale (occupational, vocational). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 玄人 (expert, geisha, prostitute). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | プロフェッショナル , プロ , くろうと (expert, geisha, prostitute), しょくぎょうてき, しょうばいにん (expert, merchant), ほんしょく (an expert, one's real character, principal occupation), ほんて (one's true ability, the right way), せんもんてき (exclusive, technical). (various references) | |
Korean | 전문가 (Expert, specialist). (various references) | |
Manx | oayllee (connoisseur, expert, fancier, pundit, savant, scientist), leaghagh (renumerative, valuable, valuables), keirdey (occupational, of trade, trade), gerrymoil, ellyner (moralist). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ofessionalpray.(various references) | |
Polish | zawód. (various references) | |
Portuguese | profissional (occupational, practitioner, professed, professor, vocational). (various references) | |
Romanian | profesionist, profesional (occupational, occupationally, vocational), de profesie. (various references) | |
Russian | спортсмен-профессионал, профессиональный (career-oriented, occupational, shoppy, vocational), профессионал профессиональный, профессионал (pro professional, profs). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | profesionalan (occupational), profesionalac (pro), zanatski (vocational), stručan (expert, vocational, workmanlike). (various references) | |
Spanish | profesional (line, occupational, pro, vocational). (various references) | |
Swedish | yrkesmässig (professional-looking, vocational). (various references) | |
Turkish | profesyonel (pro). (various references) | |
Turkmen | professional (r). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | висококваліфікований, професійний (occupational), професіональний (professed), професіонал (practitioner, pro). (various references) | |
Welsh | proffesiynol. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "professional": professionalism, professionalisms, professionalization, professionalizations, professionalize, professionalized, professionalizes, professionalizing, professionally, professionals. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "professional": interprofessional, nonprofessional, paraprofessional, preprofessional, semiprofessional, subprofessional, ultraprofessional, unprofessional. (additional references) | |
Words containing "professional": nonprofessionally, nonprofessionals, paraprofessionals, semiprofessionally, semiprofessionals, subprofessionals, unprofessionally, unprofessionals. (additional references) | |
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"Professional" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: prefessional, profesionaly, professione, Professionel, Professionelle, proffesional, proffessional, proffssional, propfessional. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "professional" (pronounced prufe"shunul) |
| 10 | p r u f e" sh u n u l | nonprofessional, unprofessional. |
| 7 | -f e" sh u n u l | confessional. |
| 6 | -e" sh u n u l | concessional, congressional, obsessional, processional. |
| 5 | -sh u n u l | aberrational, additional, binational, coeducational, compositional, computational, conditional, conformational, confrontational, congregational, connotational, constitutional, conventional, conversational, correctional, denominational, depositional, devotional, dimensional, directional, dysfunctional, educational, emotional, exceptional, factional, fictional, fluxional, foundational, fractional, functional, generational, gravitational, improvisational, supranational, informational, inspirational, institutional, instructional, intentional, intergenerational, international, investigational, Invitational, irrational, jurisdictional, motivational, multinational, national, navigational, nontraditional, nutritional, occupational, operational, optional, organizational, promotional, proportional, rational, recreational, relational, representational, rotational, sectional, sensational, situational, traditional, transformational, transitional, transnational, unconditional, unconstitutional, unconventional, unemotional, unintentional, untraditional, vocational. |
| 4 | -u n u l | abdominal, aboriginal, Arsenal, attitudinal, biphenyl, cantonal, Cardinal, collisional, criminal, delusional, diagonal, divisional, doctrinal, duodenal, erosional, gastrointestinal, hexagonal, impersonal, subliminal, superregional, terminal, interpersonal, intestinal, juvenile, latitudinal, longitudinal, luminal, marginal, medicinal, nominal, noncriminal, occasional, octagonal, original, personal, phenomenal, polygonal, provisional, regional, retinal, seasonal, seminal, sentinel, virginal. |
| 3 | -n u l | infernal, adrenal, anal, annal, annul, atonal, autumnal, carnal, channel, Colonel, communal, cornel, Darnel, departmental, diurnal, empanel, eternal, external, faunal, fennel, final, flannel, fraternal, funnel, hormonal, Hymnal, impanel, spinal, internal, journal, kennel, kernel, maternal, monoclonal, monsoonal, morainal, nocturnal, panel, paternal, penal, polyvinyl, renal, semifinal, shrapnel, signal, tonal, tribunal, tunnel, vaginal, venal, vernal, Vinal, vinyl. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-f-i-l-n-o-o-p-r-s-s" | |
-2 letters: polonaises, profession, sponsorial. | |
-3 letters: aerofoils, aloofness, aspersion, erosional, farnesols, foresails, fossorial, frailness, personals, pinafores, poisoners, polarises, polonaise, psoralens, rooflines, seafloors, sensorial. | |
-4 letters: aerofoil, aerosols, ailerons, alienors, anisoles, epsilons, erasions, erosions, fairness, farinose, farnesol, felspars, firepans, floosies, flossier, foresail, opalines, painless, panfries, pelorian, pelorias, personal, personas, pilsners, pinafore, plosions, poisoner, polarise, polarons, poorness, pralines. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-f-i-l-n-o-o-p-r-s-s" | |
+1 letter: passionflower, professionals. | |
+2 letters: passionflowers, professionally, unprofessional. | |
+3 letters: nonprofessional, nonprofessorial, preprofessional, professionalism, professionalize, subprofessional, unprofessionals. | |
+4 letters: nonprofessionals, paraprofessional, professionalisms, professionalized, professionalizes, semiprofessional, subprofessionals, unprofessionally. | |
+5 letters: interprofessional, nonprofessionally, paraprofessionals, professionalizing, semiprofessionals, ultraprofessional. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Quotations: Historic 11. Quotations: Fiction 12. Quotations: Non-fiction | 13. Quotations: Spoken 14. Quotations: Speeches 15. Usage Frequency 16. Names: Company Usage | 17. Expressions 18. Expressions: Internet 19. Translations: Modern 20. Abbreviations | 21. Acronyms 22. Derivations 23. Rhymes 24. Anagrams | 25. Bibliography |
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