full professor
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- noun
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profesor titular
- And Ward Churchill was a full professor at one of the best schools in the nation.
- full professor rank
- promotion to full professor
- full professor with tenure
My Ed has tracks not just for professors going from assistant to associate to full professor.
- My Ed has tracks not just for professors going from assistant to associate to full professor.
- And then when you're a full professor, well, by then you're basically a rat.
Examples
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He recently became a full professor in the Chemistry department and is excited to lead research projects.
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Three years later, he was made a full professor at Stanford.
Fiction book (2001) -
At SFSU, she was a full professor of education.
Academic text (1994) -
He was a full professor at MIT in Physics.
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Dr. Otranto is a full professor at the Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari, Italy.
Academic text (2013) -
I am a full professor of linguistics, the author of twenty-one highly regarded monographs.
Fiction book (1999) -
The author and co-author of several publications in these fields, he is a full professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Princeton University.
Academic text (2003) -
After many years of hard work, she was finally appointed a full professor at her university.
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Being a full professor means you have achieved the highest academic rank in your field.
Synonyms
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A senior teacher and researcher at a university or college
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A college or university teacher who gives lectures and advice to students
How Senior
Surface Forms
Morphology
The adjective 'full' conveys completeness or a highest degree and 'professor' denotes an academic, so learners who know both words get a partial clue that this refers to a high-status professorship. However, recognizing it specifically as the formal highest academic rank (distinct from assistant or associate professor) depends on knowledge of academic title conventions rather than pure composition, so the meaning is not fully predictable for a B1 learner.
Etymology
Full professor uses full in the sense of 'complete' or 'filled to the top', like a cup that cannot take more. A full professor is a professor who has reached the top rank at a college or university, so the phrase means 'the highest academic rank'.