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Professional is defined as performing a job to high standards, a school of higher education, or someone who does a specific type of work to earn a living.

(adjective)

A well-respected landscape company is an example of a company with professional results.
A business graduate school is an example of something professional.
A certified public accountant is an example of someone professional.

The definition of a professional is someone who works in a particular field.

(noun)

An example of a professional is someone who plays football in the NFL.

See professional in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

of, engaged in, or worthy of the high standards of a profession
☆ designating or of a school, esp. a graduate school, offering instruction in a profession
earning one's living from an activity, such as a sport, not normally thought of as an occupation
engaged in by professional players: professional hockey
engaged in a specified occupation for pay or as a means of livelihood: a professional writer
being such in the manner of one practicing a profession: a professional hatemonger

noun

a person practicing a profession
1. a person who engages in some art, sport, etc. for money, esp. as a means of livelihood, rather than as a hobby
2. pro ()
a person who does something with great skill

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professionally adverb

See professional in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

a. Of, relating to, engaged in, or suitable for a profession: lawyers, doctors, and other professional people.
b. Conforming to the standards of a profession: professional behavior.
Engaging in a given activity as a source of livelihood or as a career: a professional writer.
Performed by persons receiving pay: professional football.
Having or showing great skill; expert: a professional repair job.

noun

A person following a profession, especially a learned profession.
One who earns a living in a given or implied occupation: hired a professional to decorate the house.
A skilled practitioner; an expert.

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