profession
[noun]
Synonyms:
- occupation, business, calling, career, employment, office, position, sphere, vocation
- declaration, affirmation, assertion, avowal, claim, confession, statement

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English Thesaurus: job, work, profession, occupation, career, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

pro‧fes‧sion W3 /prəˈfeʃən/ noun
[Word Family: noun: profession, professional, professionalism; adverb: professionally, unprofessionally; adjective: professional ≠ unprofessional]

1. [countable] a job that needs a high level of education and training
the legal/medical/teaching etc profession
members of the teaching profession
enter/go into/join a profession
Some students enter other professions such as arts administration.
people who work in the professions (=doctors, lawyers etc)
by profession
Johnson was a barrister by profession.
nurses, social workers, and other people in the caring professions (=ones that involve looking after people)

2. [singular, also + plural verb British English] all the people who work in a particular profession:
the medical profession

3. [countable] formal a statement of your belief, opinion, or feeling
profession of
a profession of faith

4. the oldest profession the job of being a prostitute – used humorously

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

profession
noun
ADJ. chosen | legal, medical, teaching, etc.
VERB + PROFESSION practise In the 1930s he was forbidden to practise his profession.
enter, go into, join She entered the legal profession after university.
PREP. by ~ He was a consultant physician by profession.
in a/sb's/the ~ making an impact in her chosen profession
PHRASES a choice of profession She was shocked at her daughter's choice of profession.
the top of sb's profession He reached the top of his profession in very little time.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

profession

the legal profession
He followed his father into the legal profession.
the medical profession
The medical profession is still divided about the main cause of heart attacks.
the teaching profession
There are not enough physicists entering the teaching profession.
the accountancy/accounting profession
Many economics graduates enter the accountancy profession.
the nursing profession
Mary had retired from the nursing profession.
the caring professions (=ones that involve looking after people)
A high proportion of people in the caring professions are women.
enter/go into/join a profession
Hugh intended to enter the medical profession.
leave a profession
Why do you want to leave the profession?
a member of a profession
Some members of the medical profession supported the use of these drugs.
reach/be at the top of your profession
He was a very highly respected man, at the top of his profession.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

job noun [countable] the regular paid work that you do for an employer:
a full-time job
John got a job in a car factory.
work noun [uncountable] activities that you are paid for doing – used either when you work for an employer or when you work in your own business:
I started work when I was 18.
He graduated from college last year and is still looking for work.
profession noun [countable] a job for which you need special education and training:
There are now a lot more women in the legal profession.
Many teachers are leaving the profession.
occupation noun [countable] formal a job, or a type of job – often used on official documents:
Please give your name, age, and occupation.
a traditionally male occupation
career noun [countable] the work you do or plan to do for most of your life:
I’m interested in a career in journalism.
position noun [countable] formal a particular job within an organization:
I am writing to apply for the position of technical assistant.
We regret that the position has already been filled.
Please state the position which you are applying for.
post noun [countable] formal a job, especially an important one in a large organization:
She has held the post of managing director for two years.
He applied for the post of Senior Manager.
vacancy/opening noun [countable] a job that is available for someone to do:
The hospital has been unable to fill the vacancy.
There are very few openings in scientific research.
appointment noun [countable] an important job which someone is asked to do:
He took an appointment as US trade ambassador in Geneva.
posting noun [countable] a situation in which someone is sent somewhere to do a job for a period of time by the organization they work for:
This was his first posting outside the UK.
an overseas posting
His next posting took him to the Ministry of Defence.
trade noun [countable] a job that involves using your hands, and for which you need special training:
Most of the men had worked in skilled trades such as carpentry and printing.
employment noun [uncountable] the fact of having a job:
The factory will provide employment for local people.
She was offered employment in the sales office.

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