professional
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3.5
- noun
- /prəˈfɛʃənl/
:
profesional
- The professional athletes were praised for their dedication and commitment to their sport.
- amateurs and professionals
- professionals compete
- medical professionals
Examples
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She is undefeated as a professional.
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Regardless of the reason, he's a professional making millions of dollars playing a game he loves.
Blog text (17) -
But I think professional basketball would have been a good life.
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This was my fifth or sixth professional fight and I lost by a round.
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The majority of these athletes were professionals, competing at the province or national level before becoming college students.
Academic text (2006) -
Let's leave the skateboarding to the professionals.
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As a professional soccer player, he earns a salary for competing in matches and tournaments.
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She became a professional after years of training and won her first contract with a major league team.
Synonyms
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3.7
A person who is paid to do something they are very good at
Antonyms
Compounds
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2.2
A kind of sport put on as a show with paid performers and planned results
A group of people with the same job who support members and set standards for their work
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3.5
A person with special training who works in jobs like a lawyer, doctor or engineer
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3.6
An organization of people with the same job who support each other's work
A relationship between a trained helper and a person who gets their help, like a doctor or lawyer
- Offensive
A person who often pretends to suffer to get attention or personal gain
How Professional
Surface Forms
Etymology
Professional comes from profession ('a declared job'), and it came to mean someone who does a skill as their job and earns money for it. So a professional athlete is a player who is paid for their sport, not an amateur.