professes

verb

present tense third-person singular of profess
1
as in pretends
to present a false appearance of professed friendship while secretly plotting revenge

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2
as in declares
to state clearly and strongly the lonely woman professed her love in a series of letters to the soldier

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3
as in insists
to state as a fact usually forcefully he professed his innocence to anyone who would listen

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Recent Examples of professes Harry Styles professes his love for techno music via a hat during a walk in North London on June 25. — Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 29 June 2026 All proudly professes himself as a man of faith. — Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 2 June 2026 After the massive trauma crisis is resolved, Owen professes his desire to be with Teddy and move to Paris, where Teddy was considering a once-in-a-lifetime research position. — Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 7 May 2026 Vance professes to be ‘obsessed’ with UFO files Trump appears skeptical about the existence of extraterrestrial life. — Collin Binkley, Chicago Tribune, 3 May 2026 Instead of a mutual parting of ways, Howard professes his love for Nancy and proposes that the two be together. — Brande Victorian, HollywoodReporter, 29 Apr. 2026 Trump often professes his support for farmers. — Anthony Pahnke, Fortune, 14 Mar. 2026 The upcoming exhibition's contemporary edge professes the importance of displaying Native American art of the present, to resist the erasure of living, thriving Indigenous American cultures and communities. — Anya Sesay, jsonline.com, 26 Feb. 2026 In this context, improving pay and addressing disparities will be a formidable undertaking for a mayoral administration that professes a commitment to economic justice. — Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for professes
  1. pretends
  2. declares
  3. insists
  4. assumes
  5. asserts
  6. alleges
  7. simulates
  8. proclaims
Verb
  • The show only pretends to be organized around romantic couples.
    — Lillian Fishman, New Yorker, 27 June 2026
  • The sequence in which Carmy tries to talk Richie down from a panic attack feels equally dynamic and alive right to its conclusion — when Carmy pretends they’ve gotten locked in, just as Carmy once was, to mess with Richie’s head.
    — Jen Chaney, Vulture, 26 June 2026
Definition of pretends
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  • Snowflake is getting there by separating the context a customer declares from the context the platform derives on its own.
    — Michael Leone, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • If the school declares an emergency, students may be provided with prepared text messages to keep their parents or guardians informed.
    — Chaewon Chung Updated July 6, Sacbee.com, 6 July 2026
Definition of declares
Verb
  • Edgar insists on a moment alone with his dead son before the coffin rolls into the crematorium furnace.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2026
  • Iran insists the deal means an end to fighting in Lebanon as well.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026
Definition of insists
Verb
  • Upon approval, the new lender pays off your existing loan and then assumes the remaining balance.
    — Becca Stanek, TheWeek, 8 July 2026
  • One person, faced with a partner’s short reply, assumes fatigue or distraction.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Definition of assumes
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  • Iran quickly responds with strikes against Israel and across the Gulf region and asserts control over the Strait of Hormuz, a key waterway for global oil and natural gas supplies from the Gulf.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026
  • Ursuline argues this depiction is factually wrong, and asserts the conference failed to identify any specific reason, such as a provision of the conference constitution or loss of institutional control as defined by the NCAA.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 6 July 2026
Definition of asserts
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  • The suit alleges The Bay Club does not fall under that exception because parents are not necessarily always on the premises.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 9 July 2026
  • The lawsuit alleges the replacement tickets many fans were given by StubHub were worse than their original tickets.
    — Lily Wright, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
Definition of alleges
Verb
  • Swanson earned the national championship in the Postsecondary Collision Damage Appraisal Division, a competition that simulates the work of professional collision estimators and insurance appraisers, according to a press release from the college.
    — Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026
  • The mission simulates a scenario in which a maneuverable satellite rapidly approaches and inspects another spacecraft that is not cooperating.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 June 2026
Definition of simulates
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  • But no longer, according to a new analysis, which proclaims that the long American sellers’ market has finally ended.
    — Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 15 June 2026
  • Across 45 recipes — each its own kind of breadcrumb-naming treatise — the duo proclaims how versatile the kitchen staple both is and can be.
    — Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 8 June 2026
Definition of proclaims

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