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profess


verb
1. practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about (Freq. 4)
- She professes organic chemistry
Hypernyms:
claim
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- They profess to move
2. confess one's faith in, or allegiance to (Freq. 3)
- The terrorists professed allegiance to their country
- he professes to be a Communist
Derivationally related forms:
professing
Hypernyms:
declare
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
3. admit (to a wrongdoing) (Freq. 1)
- She confessed that she had taken the money
Syn:
concede, confess
Derivationally related forms:
confession (for: confess), confessor (for: confess), profession
Hypernyms:
admit, acknowledge
Hyponyms:
make a clean breast of, own up, fess up
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
4. state freely
- The teacher professed that he was not generous when it came to giving good grades
Hypernyms:
declare
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
5. receive into a religious order or congregation
Hypernyms:
accept, admit, take, take on
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
6. take vows, as in religious order
- she professed herself as a nun
Derivationally related forms:
profession
Hypernyms:
vow
Hyponyms:
take the veil
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s somebody
7. state insincerely
- He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt
- She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber
- She pretends to be an expert on wine
Syn:
pretend
Hypernyms:
claim
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

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