professional

pro·fes·sion·al

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A professional landscaper

adjective

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

noun

The definition of a professional is someone who works in a particular field.
An example of a professional is someone who plays football in the NFL.

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professional

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
1. of or having to do with a profession or one's profession: a professional journal, an actor's professional name
2. engaged in a profession
being such in the manner of one practicing a profession: a professional hatemonger

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 (noun)
a person who does something with great skill

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professional

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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Noun

(plural professionals)

A person who belongs to a profession
A person who earns his living from a specified activity
An expert.

Adjective

(comparative more professional, superlative most professional)

Of, pertaining to, or in accordance with the (usually high) standards of a profession.
That is carried out for money, especially as a livelihood.
(by extension) Expert.

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