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profess
Overview of verb profess
The verb profess has 7 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (4) profess -- (practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about; "She professes organic chemistry")
2. (3) profess -- (confess one's faith in, or allegiance to; "The terrorists professed allegiance to the Muslim faith"; "he professes to be a Communist")
3. (1) concede, profess, confess -- (admit, make a clean breast of; "She confessed that she had taken the money")
4. profess -- (state freely; "The teacher professed that he was not generous when it came to giving good grades")
5. profess -- (receive into a religious order or congregation)
6. profess -- (take vows, as in religious order; "she professed herself as a nun")
7. profess, pretend -- (state insincerely; "He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt"; "She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber"; "She pretends to be an expert on wine")
Grep of noun profess
professing
profession
professional
professional association
professional baseball
professional basketball
professional boxing
professional dancer
professional football
professional golf
professional golfer
professional life
professional organisation
professional organization
professional person
professional relation
professional tennis
professional tennis player
professional wrestling
professionalisation
professionalism
professionalization
professor
professorship
Antonyms of verb profess
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb profess
7 senses of profess
Sense 1
profess
=> claim
=> affirm
Sense 2
profess
=> declare
=> state, say, tell
=> express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to
Sense 3
concede, profess, confess
=> admit, acknowledge
=> declare, adjudge, hold
=> evaluate, pass judgment, judge
=> think, cogitate, cerebrate
Sense 4
profess
=> declare
=> state, say, tell
=> express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to
Sense 5
profess
=> accept, admit, take, take on
=> accept, take, have
=> get, acquire
Sense 6
profess
=> vow
=> pledge, plight
=> promise, assure
=> declare
=> state, say, tell
=> express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to
Sense 7
profess, pretend
=> claim
=> affirm
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb profess
2 of 7 senses of profess
Sense 3
concede, profess, confess
=> own up, fess up
Sense 6
profess
=> take the veil
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb profess
7 senses of profess
Sense 1
profess
=> claim
Sense 2
profess
=> declare
Sense 3
concede, profess, confess
=> admit, acknowledge
Sense 4
profess
=> declare
Sense 5
profess
=> accept, admit, take, take on
Sense 6
profess
=> vow
Sense 7
profess, pretend
=> claim
'Cause To' of verb profess
Derived Forms of verb profess
3 of 7 senses of profess
Sense 2
profess
RELATED TO>(noun) professing#1
=> profession, professing
Sense 3
concede, profess, confess
RELATED TO>(noun) profession#3
=> profession, professing
Sense 6
profess
RELATED TO>(noun) profession#4
=> profession
Domain of verb profess
Domain Terms of verb profess
Familiarity of verb profess
profess used as a verb is common (polysemy count =7)
Sample Sentences of verb profess
7 senses of profess
Sense 1
profess
EX: They profess to move
Sense 2
profess
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Sense 3
concede, profess, confess
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Sense 4
profess
*> Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Sense 5
profess
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 6
profess
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 7
profess, pretend
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb profess
7 senses of profess
Sense 1
profess
> claim
=> profess, pretend
=> contend, postulate
=> make out
=> purport
=> profess
=> charge
Sense 2
profess
> declare
=> plead
=> profess
=> condemn
=> consecrate, bless, hallow, sanctify
=> account, answer for
=> propose, suggest, advise
=> promise, assure
=> promise
=> take the Fifth, take the Fifth Amendment
=> sentence, condemn, doom
=> proclaim, exclaim, promulgate
=> profess
=> affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear
=> swear, depose, depone
=> testify, attest, take the stand, bear witness
=> decree
=> opine, speak up, animadvert, sound off
=> count out
Sense 3
concede, profess, confess
> admit, acknowledge
=> attorn
=> write off
=> make no bones about
=> sustain
=> concede, profess, confess
=> confess
=> confess, squeal, shrive, fink
=> avow, avouch
Sense 4
profess
> declare
=> plead
=> profess
=> condemn
=> consecrate, bless, hallow, sanctify
=> account, answer for
=> propose, suggest, advise
=> promise, assure
=> promise
=> take the Fifth, take the Fifth Amendment
=> sentence, condemn, doom
=> proclaim, exclaim, promulgate
=> profess
=> affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear
=> swear, depose, depone
=> testify, attest, take the stand, bear witness
=> decree
=> opine, speak up, animadvert, sound off
=> count out
Sense 5
profess
> accept, admit, take, take on
=> profess
Sense 6
profess
> vow
=> betroth, engage, affiance, plight
=> profess
=> swear
Sense 7
profess, pretend
> claim
=> profess, pretend
=> contend, postulate
=> make out
=> purport
=> profess
=> charge
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb profess
Sense 5
profess
=> accept, admit, take, take on
Sense 6
profess
=> vow
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Sense 1
profess
=> claim
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Sense 2
profess
=> declare
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Sense 3
concede, profess, confess
=> admit, acknowledge
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Sense 4
profess
=> declare
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Sense 7
profess, pretend
=> claim
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Grep of verb profess
profess
professionalise
professionalize
Grep of adj profess
professed
professional
professorial
Grep of adv profess
professedly
professionally
professorially
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