profess
US: /pɹəˈfɛs/
UK: /pɹəfˈɛs/
UK: /pɹəfˈɛs/
English Vietnamese dictionary
profess /profess/
- ngoại động từ
- tuyên bố, bày tỏ, nói ra
- to profess oneself satisfied with...: tuyên bố là hài lòng với...
- tự cho là, tự xưng là, tự nhận là
- to profess to know several foreign languages: tự cho là biết nhiều tiếng nước ngoài
- to profess to be a scholar: tự xưng là một học giả
- to profess to be ignorant: tự nhận là dốt nát
- theo, tuyên bố tin theo, nhận là tin theo (đạo)...
- to profess Buddhism: theo đạo Phật
- hành nghề, làm nghề
- to profess law: làm nghề luật
- dạy (môn gì...)
- to profess history: dạy sử
- tuyên bố, bày tỏ, nói ra
- nội động từ
- dạy học, làm giáo sư
Advanced English dictionary
+ verb (formal)
1 to claim that sth is true or correct, especially when it is not: [VN] She still professes her innocence. + [V to inf] I don't profess to be an expert in this subject.
2 to state openly that you have a particular belief, feeling, etc: [VN] He professed his admiration for their work. + [VN-ADJ] She professed herself satisfied with the progress so far.
3 [VN] to belong to a particular religion: to profess Christianity / Islam / Judaism
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 assert, claim, aver, asseverate, state, affirm, confirm, confess, declare, say, hold, maintain, present, offer, proffer, tender, set forth, put forward, pronounce, enounce, enunciate, announce, utter, vow, avow:
He professed himself satisfied with the judge's decision.
2 pretend, lay claim, make a pretence, purport, act as if, simulate:
They professed to be legitimate businessmen, but I was always suspicious.
Concise English dictionary
professes|professed|professingprə'fes
verb
+practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about
+confess one's faith in, or allegiance to
+admit, make a clean breast of
+state freely
+receive into a religious order or congregation
+take vows, as in religious order
+state insincerely
