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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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This word is part of lesson 27.