transcription, транскрипция: [ prəfes ]
( professes, professing, professed)
1.
If you profess to do or have something, you claim that you do it or have it, often when you do not. ( FORMAL )
She professed to hate her nickname...
Why do organisations profess that they care?...
‘I don’t know,’ Pollard replied, professing innocence.
...the Republicans’ professed support for traditional family values.
= claim
VERB : V to-inf , V that , V n , V-ed
2.
If you profess a feeling, opinion, or belief, you express it. ( FORMAL )
He professed to be content with the arrangement...
Bacher professed himself pleased with the Indian tour.
...a right to profess their faith in Islam.
VERB : V to-inf , V pron-refl adj , V n