transcription, транскрипция: [ prəfeʃən(ə)l ]
( professionals)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
Professional means relating to a person’s work, especially work that requires special training.
His professional career started at Liverpool University.
ADJ : ADJ n
• pro‧fes‧sion‧al‧ly
...a professionally-qualified architect...
ADV : ADV -ed / adj , ADV with cl
2.
Professional people have jobs that require advanced education or training.
...highly qualified professional people like doctors and engineers.
ADJ : ADJ n
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Professional is also a noun.
My father wanted me to become a professional and have more stability.
N-COUNT
3.
You use professional to describe people who do a particular thing to earn money rather than as a hobby.
This has been my worst time for injuries since I started as a professional footballer...
≠ amateur
ADJ
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Professional is also a noun.
He had been a professional since March 1985.
N-COUNT
• pro‧fes‧sion‧al‧ly
By age 16 he was playing professionally with bands in Greenwich Village.
ADV : ADV after v
4.
Professional sports are played for money rather than as a hobby.
...an art student who had played professional football for a short time.
≠ amateur
ADJ : ADJ n
5.
If you say that something that someone does or produces is professional , you approve of it because you think that it is of a very high standard.
They run it with a truly professional but personal touch.
≠ amateur
ADJ [ approval ]
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Professional is also a noun.
...a dedicated professional who worked harmoniously with the cast and crew.
N-COUNT
• pro‧fes‧sion‧al‧ly
These tickets have been produced very professionally.
ADV : ADV with v
6.
see also semi-professional