profession

Meaning

  1. A declaration of faith.
  2. A declaration of faith.
  3. A declaration of faith.
  4. A professional occupation.
  5. (collective) A professional occupation.

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pɹəˈfɛʃən/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle English professioun, from Anglo-Norman professioun, Old French profession (“declaration of faith, religious vows, occupation”), from Latin professiō (“avowal, public declaration”), from the participle stem of profitērī (“to profess”). By surface analysis, profess + -ion.

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