Translation
profession
Word origin
An international borrowing from Latin professio ('public declaration'), from profiteri ('to declare openly'). A profession was originally the vow you declared on entering an order, and only later the work you do.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- professio
- English cognates
- profession, professor
Examples
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What is your profession?
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Doctor is a difficult but beautiful profession.
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He changed his profession two years ago.
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