professional
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3.5
- noun
- /prəˈfɛʃənl/
- 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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3.5
A person with special training who works in jobs like a lawyer, doctor or engineer
A group of people with the same job who support members and set standards for their work
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2.2
A kind of sport put on as a show with paid performers and planned results
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3.6
An organization of people with the same job who support each other's work
- Offensive
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8.2
A person who often pretends to suffer to get attention or personal gain
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4.8
A relationship between a trained helper and a person who gets their help, like a doctor or lawyer
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.