Professional

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  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Of, relating to, engaged in, or suitable for a profession.
  • adjective. Conforming to the standards of a profession.
  • adjective. Engaging in a given activity as a source of livelihood or as a career.
  • adjective. Performed by persons receiving pay.
  • adjective. Having or showing great skill; expert.
  • noun. A person following a profession, especially a learned profession.
  • noun. One who earns a living in a given or implied occupation.
  • noun. A skilled practitioner; an expert.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining or appropriate to a profession or calling: as, professional studies; professional skill.
  • Engaged in a profession; being such by profession.
  • Undertaken or engaged in for money or as a means of subsistence: opposed to amateur: said of sports and amusements: as, a professional base-ball match; a professional performance of a play.
  • noun. One who regularly pursues any profession or art.
  • noun. Specifically, a person who makes his living by an art, game, or sport in which amateurs are accustomed to engage for amusement or recreation.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A person who prosecutes anything professionally, or for a livelihood, and not in the character of an amateur; a professional worker.
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to a profession, or calling; conforming to the rules or standards of a profession; following a profession
  • adjective. Engaged in by professionals; ; -- opposed to amateur.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A person who belongs to a profession
  • noun. A person who earns his living from a specified activity
  • noun. An expert.
  • adjective. Of, pertaining to, or in accordance with the (usually high) standards of a profession.
  • adjective. That is carried out for money, especially as a livelihood.
  • adjective. Expert.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. an authority qualified to teach apprentices
  • adjective. of or relating to or suitable as a profession
  • noun. an athlete who plays for pay
  • adjective. of or relating to a profession
  • adjective. engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or means of livelihood
  • adjective. characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession
  • adjective. engaged in by members of a profession
  • noun. a person engaged in one of the learned professions
  • Word Usage
    ""I want to judge my players on their professional behaviour, their ­professional lives."
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