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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>PROFESSE</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="professed"> professed, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. avowed or acknowledged; openly declared. Ex. a professed liar. <DD> 2. alleged; pretended. Ex. How hast thou the heart, Being ... my friend profess'd, To mangle me with that word "banished"? (Shakespeare). <DD> 3. having taken the vows of, or been received into, a religious order. Ex. a professed nun. adv. professedly. </DL> <A NAME="profession"> profession, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. an occupation requiring special education, such as law, medicine, teaching, or the ministry. <DD> 2. any calling or occupation by which a person habitually earns his living. Ex. a librarian by profession, the acting profession. <DD> 3. the people engaged in such an occupation. Ex. The medical profession favors this law. <DD> 4. the act of professing; open declaration. Ex. I don't believe her profession of friendship for us. <DD> 5. a declaration of belief in a religion. <DD> 6. the religion or faith professed. <DD> 7. taking the vows and entering a religious order. </DL> <A NAME="professional"> professional, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. 1. of or having to do with a profession; appropriate to a profession. Ex. Dr. Smith has a professional seriousness very unlike his ordinary joking manner. <DD> 2. engaged in a profession. Ex. A lawyer or a doctor is a professional person. <DD> 3. following an occupation as one's profession or career. Ex. a professional soldier, a professional writer. <DD> 4. making a business or trade of something that others do for pleasure. Ex. a professional musician, a professional ballplayer. <DD> 5. undertaken or engaged in by professionals rather than amateurs. Ex. a professional ball game. <DD> 6. making a profession of something not properly regarded as a profession. Ex. a professional busybody. <DD>noun 1. a person who makes a business or trade of something that others do for pleasure, such as singing or dancing. Ex. Only one member of the band is a professional; the others are amateurs. The musician is a professional who tours the country. <DD> 2. a person engaged in a profession; professional man or woman. Ex. The medical conference was attended by both laymen and professionals. </DL> <A NAME="professionalism"> professionalism, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. professional character, spirit, or methods. Ex. The production is marked by an assured professionalism (Wall Street Journal). <DD> 2. the standing, practice, or methods of a professional, as distinguished from those of an amateur. </DL> <A NAME="professionalize"> professionalize, transitive verb, intransitive verb, -ized, -izing.<DL COMPACT><DD> to make or become professional. noun professionalization. </DL> <A NAME="professionally"> professionally, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. in a professional manner. <DD> 2. in professional matters; because of one's profession. Ex. Do you wish to consult me professionally? (Mary E. Braddon). </DL> <A NAME="professor"> professor, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a teacher of the highest rank in a college or university. Ex. The English professor is popular among the students. <DL COMPACT><DD> (Abbr:) Prof. <DD> 2. (Informal.) <DD> a. a teacher. <DD> b. a person who claims special knowledge of or proficiency in any field. Ex. The old professor tried to sell his snake oil at the fair but the crowd only laughed at his claims. <DD> 3. a person who professes. Ex. professors of various creeds. There is no error ... which has not had its professors (John Locke). <DD> 4. a person who declares his belief in a religion. <DD> 5. (U.S. Slang.) a piano player in a cheap saloon, theater, or brothel. </DL> </DL> <A NAME="professorate"> professorate, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the office or term of service of a professor. <DD> 2. a group of professors. </DL> <A NAME="professorial"> professorial, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of, having to do with, or characteristic of a professor. Ex. [His] speeches are grave and professorial, not rabble-rousing (Harper's). adv. professorially. </DL> <A NAME="professoriate"> professoriate or professoriat, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a group of professors. <DD> 2. a professorship. </DL> <A NAME="professorship"> professorship, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the position or rank of a professor. Ex. Most of the great American historians of the nineteenth century held no professorships (Atlantic). </DL> <A NAME="proffer"> proffer, verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. to offer for acceptance; present; tender. Ex. We proffered regrets at having to leave so early. <DD>noun an offer made. Ex. Her proffer of advice was accepted. Hoping that the enemy ... would make a proffer of peace (Edmund Burke). </DL> <A NAME="profibrinolysin"> profibrinolysin, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a proenzyme in the blood from which fibrinolysin is formed by certain blood activators. </DL> <A NAME="proficiency"> proficiency, noun, pl. -cies.<DL COMPACT><DD> the state or quality of being proficient; knowledge; skill; advanced state of expertness. Ex. Don Geronimo had been educated in England ... which ... accounted for his proficiency in the English language (George H. Borrow). </DL> <A NAME="proficient"> proficient, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. advanced in any art, science, or subject; skilled; expert. Ex. She was very proficient in music. (SYN) versed, qualified, adept, competent. <DD>noun an expert. Ex. He was a proficient in golf. adv. proficiently. </DL> <A NAME="profile"> profile, noun, verb, -filed, -filing.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a side view, especially of the human face. Ex. In profile his long nose stuck out quite far. <DD> 2. an outline. Ex. The engineer gave a detailed profile of the project. <DD> 3. a drawing of a transverse vertical section of a building, bridge, or other structure. <DD> 4. a concise description of a person's abilities, personality, or career. Ex. In a lengthy profile a few years ago, the Harvard Law Record called him "A scholar on the Bench" (New York Times). <DD> 5. (Psychology.) a diagram showing a person's abilities or traits. <DD> 6. a diagram of collected data or measurements, as of a natural phenomenon or other scientific data. Ex. If we took gravity readings all over the earth and corrected them to sea level, we would have a gravity profile of the geoid (Scientific American). <DD> 7. sharpness of outline or delineation; clarity of definition. Ex. As a whole, his work lacks a little in profile, due largely to a certain neutralness in its melodic substance (Harold C. Schonberg). <DD>v.t. 1. to draw a profile of. <DD> 2. to write a profile of. Ex. Who will The Observer profile next Sunday? (New Scientist). </DL> <A NAME="profiledrag"> profile drag,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Aeronautics.) the part of the drag of an airfoil resulting from its shape and the skin friction. </DL> <A NAME="profiler"> profiler, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a writer of journalistic or literary profiles. Ex. Lillian Ross, crack profiler for The New Yorker magazine, [was] in Switzerland working up a series on Charlie Chaplin (Newsweek). <DD> 2. a device for producing profiles of natural phenomena. Ex. a seismic profiler. On the rig was a temperature profiler designed to obtain a continuous record of water temperature from the surface to the bottom as well as a detailed profile of the temperature gradients within the uppermost layer of sediment (Saturday Review). </DL> <A NAME="profit"> profit, noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. Often, profits. the gain from a business; what is left when the cost of goods and of carrying on the business is subtracted from the amount of money taken in. Ex. The profits in this business are not large. (SYN) revenue, returns, proceeds. <DD> 2. the gain from any transaction. Ex. to make a profit from the sale of stock. <DD> 3. advantage; benefit; any gain resulting in mental or spiritual betterment. Ex. What profit is there in worrying? <DD>v.i. 1. to make a gain from a business; make a profit. Ex. to profit handsomely from a good business deal. <DD> 2. to get advantage; gain; benefit. Ex. A wise person profits by his mistakes. <DD> 3. (Obsolete.) to make progress; advance. <DD>v.t. to be an advantage or benefit to. Ex. For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? (Mark 8:36). noun profiter. </DL> <A NAME="profitability"> profitability, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the quality or state of being profitable. Ex. Profitability and the growth of the firm are the criteria of success in a business (Scientific American). </DL> <A NAME="profitable"> profitable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. yielding a financial profit; lucrative; gainful. Ex. The sale held by the Girl Scouts was very profitable. <DD> 2. giving a gain or benefit; useful. Ex. We spent a profitable afternoon in the library. (SYN) beneficial, fruitful. noun profitableness. </DL> <A NAME="profitably"> profitably, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> with profit. Ex. I think it may be profitably taught in the Universities (Thomas Hobbes). </DL> <A NAME="profitandloss"> profit and loss,<DL COMPACT><DD> an accounting record to show net profit or loss. adj. profit-and-loss. </DL> <A NAME="profiteer"> profiteer, noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun a person who makes an unfair profit by charging excessive prices for scarce goods. Ex. Profiteers made much money in World War I. <DD>v.i. to seek or make such unfair profits. </DL> <A NAME="profiterole"> profiterole, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a small, light puff of pastry or an hors d'oeuvre, with such filling as ice cream, whipped cream, fruit, or creamed meat or fish. </DL> <A HREF="profitle.dic">NEXT</A>