Definitions for professional

Definitions for (noun) professional

Main entry: master, professional

Definition: an authority qualified to teach apprentices


Main entry: professional, professional person

Definition: a person engaged in one of the learned professions


Main entry: pro, professional

Definition: an athlete who plays for pay


Definitions for (adj) professional

Main entry: professional

Definition: engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or means of livelihood

Usage: the professional man or woman possesses distinctive qualifications; began her professional career after the Olympics; professional theater; professional football; a professional cook; professional actors and athletes


Main entry: professional

Definition: characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession

Usage: professional conduct; professional ethics; a thoroughly professional performance


Main entry: professional

Definition: engaged in by members of a profession

Usage: professional occupations include medicine and the law and teaching


Main entry: professional

Definition: of or relating to a profession

Usage: we need professional advice; professional training; professional equipment for his new office


Main entry: professional

Definition: of or relating to or suitable as a profession

Usage: professional organizations; a professional field such as law


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