Meaning of profession In English

• 0 any type of work that needs special training or a particular skill, often one that is respected because it involves a high level of education:

  • He left the teaching profession in 1965 to start his own business.

  • The report notes that 40 percent of lawyers entering the profession are women.

  • Teaching as a profession is very underpaid.

  • He's a doctor by profession.

  • There's a feeling among the nursing profession that their work is undervalued.

• 1 a statement about what someone feels, believes, or intends to do, often made publicly:

  • The energy companies' professions of commitment to the environment seem less believable every day.

  • his professions of love

• 2 any type of work, esp. one that needs a high level of education or a particular skill:

  • [ C ] the medical/teaching profession

  • [ U ] I’m a writer by profession.

• 3 a job that needs a high level of education or special training:

  • What is it like to work in a profession where more than 97% of your colleagues are men?

  • the accountancy/teaching/engineering profession

  • the legal/medical/actuarial profession

  • sb is sth by profession He's an architect by profession.

  • She is a leading commercial lawyer who is highly respected within the profession.

  • enter/go into/leave a profession We won't get people to enter a profession that doesn't reward effectiveness.

• 4 the people who do a particular type of work, considered as a group:

  • There's a feeling among the nursing profession that their work is undervalued.

• 5 jobs that need special training and skill, such as being a doctor or lawyer, rather than jobs in business or industry:

  • The struggle for equality in the military is not over yet, but women are making significant gains in this area, as they are in business, politics, and the professions.

  • enter/go into the professions It was an environment where science was a dirty word and his fellow pupils were encouraged to go into the professions.