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professionalrelating to or connected with a profession

Part of speech: ADJECTIVE

Definition: relating to or connected with a profession

Pronunciation (IPA): /prəˈfeʃənəl/

Korean meaning: 전문직의, 직업의

Korean pronunciation: 프러-페-셔-널 (강세: 페)

Example Sentences

  • My cat thinks he's a professional food critic - he judges every meal like a gourmet expert.
  • She always maintains a professional attitude even when dealing with difficult customers.
  • He became a professional gamer after years of practicing 12 hours a day.

professional

ADJECTIVE

//prəˈfeʃənəl//

relating to or connected with a profession

professional concept
💡 Concept

A professional doctor examines a patient with expert medical care

professional rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

A professional captures the processional from the confessional

🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/prəˈfeʃənəl/
🇬🇧 UK/prəˈfeʃənəl/

🌳Etymology

Rootprofess
Suffix--ional

Origin

라틴어 'professus'(공개적으로 선언하다)에서 유래. 중세 시대 대학에서 교수들이 자신의 전문 지식을 공개적으로 선언하고 가르쳤던 것에서 시작되어 현재의 '전문적인' 의미로 발전했습니다.

🎵Rhyme

confessionalprocessionalrecessional
confessional
processional
recessional

🔗Collocations

professional development
professional experience
professional skills
professional advice
professional behavior
turn professional

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

My cat thinks he's a professional food critic - he judges every meal like a gourmet expert.

She always maintains a professional attitude even when dealing with difficult customers.

He became a professional gamer after years of practicing 12 hours a day.

😄 Fun example

I'm a professional procrastinator - I can delay any task with impressive skill.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

expertskilledcompetentqualifiedexperienced

Antonyms

amateurunprofessionalinexperienced

Related

professionprofessionalismprofessionallyprofess

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