transcription, транскрипция: [ prəfeʃ(ə)n ]
( professions)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A profession is a type of job that requires advanced education or training.
Harper was a teacher by profession...
Only 20 per cent of jobs in the professions are held by women.
N-COUNT : also by N
2.
You can use profession to refer to all the people who have the same profession.
The attitude of the medical profession is very much more liberal now.
N-COUNT-COLL : oft supp N