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professed Definition

pro·fessed (prō fest′, prə-)

adjective

  1. openly declared; avowed
  2. insincerely avowed; pretended
  3. having made one's profession (sense )
  4. professing to be duly qualified a professed economist

Etymology: ME < profes (see profess) + -ed, -ed

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professed Synonyms

professed

modif.

avowed, declared, pledged; see announced, told.

professed Usage Examples

Infinitive complement

  • have: None had been in a workshop, some professed never to have written a poem.

Modifies a noun

  • belief: Your future is eternal rest, whilst theirs persistent grief, how much they will come to depend on hope of your professed belief.
  • desire: At bottom, higher English requirements undermine New Zealand's professed desire to be a multicultural society.
  • commitment: A quick glance at the recent histories of these companies shows their professed commitment to sustainable development to be rather spurious.
  • faith: A Mexican student investigating the possibility of doctoral studies next year professed faith on the afternoon he flew back to Mexico.
  • aim: In Britain, the Government's recently professed aim was to put a laptop on the desk of every school child.

Modifying Another Word

  • even: Even professed libertarians, for the most part, keep hating liberalism closer to the heart of their beliefs than they keep libertarianism itself.
  • never: I've never professed to being a good DJ, and what I lack in technical skill and musical knowledge.

Used with adjective complement

  • have: I 've never professed to being a good DJ, and what I lack in technical skill and musical knowledge.