professional
Entry from World dictionary
Pronunciation:/prəˈfɛʃ(ə)n(ə)l/
adjective
- 1 relating to or belonging to a profession:young professional people
- worthy of or appropriate to a professional person; competent, skilful, or assured:his professional expertise their music is both memorable and professional
- 2 engaged in a specified activity as one's main paid occupation rather than as an amateur:a professional boxer
- informal , derogatory habitually making a feature of a particular activity or attribute:a professional gloom-monger
noun
- a person engaged or qualified in a profession:professionals such as lawyers and surveyors
- a person engaged in a specified activity, especially a sport, as a main paid occupation rather than as a pastime
- a person competent or skilled in a particular activity:she was a real professional on stage

Derivatives
professionally
adverb
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- entity » organism » causal agent » person » social role » worker
- entity » organism » causal agent » person » person at leisure » player » sports player
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