professional association
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3.6
- noun
- /prəˈfɛʃənl əˌsoʊsiˈeɪʃən/
:
asociación profesional
- What basic outlook should professional associations adopt to meet future challenges, whatever they may be?
- professional association membership
- major professional associations
- state professional associations
And the cycling professional association for the women haven't even been contacted for this meeting.
- And the cycling professional association for the women haven't even been contacted for this meeting.
- Allies can include other human rights groups, victims groups, religious or cultural leaders, teachers, professional associations, even governments.
- And that's where I got to do a really deep in depth report about the World Professional Association for Transgender Health.
Examples
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Other task forces from professional associations representing art, dance, and theatre wrote similar standards for their fields.
Academic text (1994) -
Friendships and professional associations made during those five days in Washington continue through college and beyond.
Academic text (1992) -
Vote to help guide the direction of your professional association.
Academic text (2015) -
Most of these reasons are probably also relevant to other professional associations.
Academic text (1992) -
Their knowledge of the programs resulted from their own experiences with community college professional associations, colleagues, and mentors.
Academic text (2015) -
Teacher educators also tend to be members of professional associations and authors of professional publications.
Academic text (1995) -
On the one hand, early childhood professional associations offer their recommendations about developmentally appropriate educational practices.
Academic text (1996) -
Social workers involved in pain management can encourage their professional associations to prioritize pain relief on their agendas.
Academic text (1995) -
Job fairs can be found through newspaper advertisements, professional association newsletters, or university alumni associations.
Blog text (3) -
As a member of her professional association, she attends conferences to learn about the latest trends in education.
Synonyms
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3.4
A group of people with the same job who support members and set standards for their work
How Formal
- Formal
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4.0
4
3.6
188
2.8
84
3.0
318
3.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an organization of people who share the same profession' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'professional' (a person belonging to a profession) with 'association' (a formal group). This noun–noun composition is a regular, productively interpretable pattern in English and has clear cross-linguistic parallels (e.g. Spanish 'asociación profesional'), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
The phrase professional association pictures people with the same job coming together like a 'club': professional means someone with a job and association means a group. Imagine workers meeting to set rules, share skills and help each other, so the phrase means 'an organization of people in the same profession'.