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professed
[ pruh-fest ]
adjective
- avowed; acknowledged.
- professing to be qualified; professional, rather than amateur.
- having taken the vows of, or been received into, a religious order.
- alleged; pretended.
professed
/ prəˈfɛsɪdlɪ; prəˈfɛst /
adjective
- avowed or acknowledged
- alleged or pretended
- professing to be qualified as
a professed philosopher
- having taken vows of a religious order
Derived Forms
- professedly, adverb
Other Word Forms
- -·ڱ adjective
- ԴDzp·ڱ adjective
- -·ڱ adjective
- ܲp·ڱ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of professed1
Example Sentences
The initiative came as South Africa faced a backlash from then-US President Joe Biden's administration, which questioned its professed neutrality in the conflict after it held a naval exercise with Russia and China.
Instead of shuddering at these words, too many Trump supporters — many of whom are professed Christians — simply shrug.
Other posts include one from last September stating, “All blacks are foreign to my people, dumb f***,” and another from May where the account owner professed to be a "fascist."
At the time, she would have been something of a political soulmate, backing the policy positions he professed in the leadership contest.
He professed a "warm spot" for the app, touting the billions of views he says his videos attracted on the platform during last year's presidential campaign.
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