profession

noun

prə-ˈfe-shən How to pronounce profession (audio)
Definition of professionnext
1
as in declaration
a solemn and often public declaration of the truth or existence of something the weekly profession of faith by the members of the congregation

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2
as in vocation
the activity by which one regularly makes a living a gifted communicator, he was very good at his chosen profession: teaching

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Recent Examples of profession In a profession routinely flush with elderly practitioners, Blomstedt, year after year, retained his title as the world's oldest active conductor. — Tom Huizenga, NPR, 4 Nov. 2026 Andrew, a Connecticut native and West Point graduate, the son of Helen Keiser Pedersen and her husband Bob Keiser, had chosen the profession of arms. — Ron Farina, Hartford Courant, 1 Nov. 2026 Watching the pharmacist prepare remedies and advise customers inspired her to pursue the profession. — Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2026 More are coming in what could be a bloodbath of the profession. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for profession
Recent Examples of Synonyms for profession
  1. declaration
  2. vocation
  3. assertion
  4. occupation
  5. insistence
  6. work
  7. claim
  8. employment
Noun
  • Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese joined around 20 other countries and the European Commission in a declaration insisting that AI remain under human control.
    — Stephen Pitt-Walker, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026
  • The declaration was a public health triumph over the virus, which is among the most contagious on Earth.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of declaration
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  • The documentary angle, of course, is this great director probing the ethics in his own vocation as an intrusive force, one that shapes lives, emotions and, in this case, the weight of a genuine tragedy.
    — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Yet despite their focusing on similar topics and themes, the three books have very distinct framing and approaches, reflected by the vocations and writing styles of the three authors.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of vocation
Noun
  • Johnson’s sunny assertions that Republicans would defy history in the midterms, as voters traditionally have punished the president’s party in power, failed to hold.
    — Lisa Mascaro, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
  • As a most un-saintlike Mother Teresa, Dueñas gives voice to a seething, inconsolable fury, an assertion of pure, ferocious will, that exposes the preciousness of Ambrossi and Calvo’s poetic and structural conceits.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of assertion
Noun
  • During the Nazi occupation of France, Germany began building the Atlantic Wall, a series of defensive fortifications stretching along the coast from Spain to Norway.
    — Shahnaz Bashir, The Conversation, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Rather than ending the trouble Iraq caused, occupation created more problems.
    — S. C. M. Paine, Foreign Affairs, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of occupation
Noun
  • This is because the assumptions about Majid, the insistence upon reading him as a political avatar, is not confined to busybodies on the street.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2026
  • At Jed’s insistence, the three men ride out on horseback to survey the expansive ranch that theft and expulsion made.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of insistence
Noun
  • The specific references to the music of the ’50s and ’60s that Fagen so dearly loves highlight a central tension in his work.
    — Mark Richardson, Pitchfork, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Staff say that the sanctions have not hindered the court’s work, but this seems improbable.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of work
Noun
  • Trump has made false claims about voting fraud, such as insisting noncitizens are casting ballots en masse.
    — Jill Colvin, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The former San Francisco supervisor wants to pursue legislation to prevent insurance companies from raising the rates or dropping the coverage of a policyholder who files a claim.
    — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of claim
Noun
  • The acquisition reflects the changing nature of aerial threats, particularly the increasing employment of relatively inexpensive unmanned aircraft by state and non-state actors.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Sayed Mohassib, 27, the man charged with the fatal stabbing of Brooklyn jogger Katie Suarez, previously served as a New York City police officer before resigning from the department in December 2022, according to official city employment records.
    — Emma Marsden, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2026
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