Meaning

7 senses
  1. A person who belongs to a profession.

    Fachkraft, professionell

    профессиона́лprofessionál, профессиона́лкаprofessionálka

    професійнийprofesijnyj, професіональнийprofesional'nyj, професіоналprofesional

  2. A white-collar worker, especially one with a specialized, high-earning job such as a doctor or engineer.

  3. A person who earns their living from a specified activity.

    Profi, Professioneller, Professionelle

    профессиона́лprofessionál, профессиона́лкаprofessionálka

  4. (euphemistic)A prostitute.

    There was this nice lady who flirted with me at the bar, but it turned out that she was a professional.

  5. A reputation known by name.

  6. An expert.

    Profi

    профессиона́лprofessionál, профессиона́лкаprofessionálka, специали́стspecialíst

  7. One of four categories of sociologist propounded by Horowitz: a sociologist who is actively concerned with promoting the profession of sociology.

More definitions
  • a person engaged in one of the learned professions
  • an athlete who plays for pay
  • an authority qualified to teach apprentices

Examples

559 sentences
  1. Tom knows a lot of professional baseball players.

    Том знає багатьох професійних бейсболістів.

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  2. Tom is a professional baseball player.

    Том — професійний бейсболіст.

    ruТом профессиональный бейсболист.

    deTom ist professioneller Baseballspieler.

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  3. Tom is a professional hockey player.

    Том - професійний хокеїст.

    ruТом — профессиональный хоккеист.

    deTom ist ein Profi-Hockeyspieler.

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  4. I'm a professional photographer.

    Я за фахом фотограф.

    ruЯ - профессиональный фотограф.

    deIch bin von Beruf Fotograf.

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  5. Tom is very professional.

    Том дуже професійний.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
person who belongs to a profession:
Русский
By meaning 2
person who belongs to a profession:
expert:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
person who belongs to a profession:
person who earns their living from a specified activity:

Origin

From Middle English professhennalle, professhynalle; equivalent to profession + -al.

From Middle English professhennalle, professhynalle; equivalent to profession + -al.

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Forms

plural: professionals
Singularprofessional
Pluralprofessionals

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a person engaged in one of the learned professions:professional person
  • an athlete who plays for pay:pro
  • an authority qualified to teach apprentices:master

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Collocations

12 patterns
  • be a professional
  • a professional musician
  • professional musician
  • professional baseball player
  • a professional baseball
  • professional baseball
  • become a professional
  • professional basketball player
  • a professional basketball
  • are professional musicians
  • professional basketball
  • professional golfer

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
professional — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto