professional

professional
pro•fes•sion•al
[[t]prəˈfɛʃ ə nl[/t]] adj.
1) following an occupation as a means of livelihood
2) pertaining to a profession
3) appropriate to a profession:
professional objectivity[/ex]
4) engaged in one of the learned professions, as law or medicine
5) following as a business something usu. regarded as a pastime:
a professional golfer[/ex]
6) making a constant practice of something:
A salesman has to be a professional optimist[/ex]
7) engaged in for competitive gain:
professional baseball[/ex]
8) cvb of or for a professional person or such a person's place of business:
a professional apartment[/ex]
9) cvb done by a professional; expert:
professional car repairs[/ex]
10) a member of a profession, esp. one of the learned professions
11) cvb a person who earns a living in a sport or other occupation frequently engaged in by amateurs
12) cvb a person who is expert at his or her work
Etymology: 1740–50 pro•fes′sion•al•ly, adv.

From formal English to slang. 2014.

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