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professed

[ pruh-fest ]

adjective

  1. avowed; acknowledged.
  2. professing to be qualified; professional, rather than amateur.
  3. having taken the vows of, or been received into, a religious order.
  4. alleged; pretended.


professed

/ prəˈfɛsɪdlɪ; prəˈfɛst /

adjective

  1. avowed or acknowledged
  2. alleged or pretended
  3. professing to be qualified as

    a professed philosopher

  4. having taken vows of a religious order
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • professedly, adverb
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Other Word Forms

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Word History and Origins

Origin of professed1

1300–50; Middle English (in religious sense) < Medieval Latin profess ( us ) (special use of Latin professus, past participle of Ǵھŧī to declare publicly, equivalent to pro- pro- 1 + -fet-, combining form of ڲŧī to acknowledge + -tus past participle suffix, with tt > ss ) + -ed 2
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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.

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Instead of shuddering at these words, too many Trump supporters — many of whom are professed Christians — simply shrug.

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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."

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At the time, she would have been something of a political soulmate, backing the policy positions he professed in the leadership contest.

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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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