Definitions of professional:
- noun: a person engaged in one of the learned professions
- noun: an athlete who plays for pay
- noun: an authority qualified to teach apprentices
- adjective: engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or means of livelihood
Example: "The professional man or woman possesses distinctive qualifications"
- adjective: characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession
Example: "Professional conduct"
- adjective: engaged in by members of a profession
Example: "Professional occupations include medicine and the law and teaching"
- adjective: of or relating to a profession
Example: "We need professional advice"
- adjective: of or relating to or suitable as a profession
Example: "Professional organizations"
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