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English verb: profess | |||
| 1. | profess (communication) practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about | ||
| Samples | She professes organic chemistry. | ||
| Examples | They profess to move | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | claim | ||
| 2. | profess (communication) confess one's faith in, or allegiance to | ||
| Samples | The terrorists professed allegiance to their country. He professes to be a Communist. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | declare | ||
| 3. | profess (communication) admit (to a wrongdoing) | ||
| Samples | She confessed that she had taken the money. | ||
| Synonyms | concede, confess | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | acknowledge, admit | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | fess up, make a clean breast of, own up | ||
| 4. | profess (communication) state freely | ||
| Samples | The teacher professed that he was not generous when it came to giving good grades. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | declare | ||
| 5. | profess (communication) receive into a religious order or congregation | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | accept, admit, take, take on | ||
| Verb group | profess | ||
| 6. | profess (communication) take vows, as in religious order | ||
| Samples | She professed herself as a nun. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | vow | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | take the veil | ||
| Verb group | profess | ||
| 7. | profess (communication) state insincerely | ||
| Samples | He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt. She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber. She pretends to be an expert on wine. | ||
| Synonyms | pretend | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | claim | ||
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