[English] The Oxford 3000 Most Important Words
Professor University Made Age Noun Bre Prəˈfesə(R Prəˈfesər
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BrE / prəˈfesə(r) / NAmE / prəˈfesər / |
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- professor (ann) williams
- a chemistry professor
- to be appointed professor of french at cambridge
- he was made (a) professor at the age of 40.
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professor(noun)BrE / prəˈfesə(r) / NAmE / prəˈfesər / - a university teacher of the highest rank
- Professor (Ann) Williams
- a chemistry professor
- to be appointed Professor of French at Cambridge
- He was made (a) professor at the age of 40.
- a teacher at a university or college
Extra Examples- I spent six months as a visiting professor at Brown University.
- Jennifer Bradbery, emerita professor/professor emerita of surgery
- a research professor at the University of Southern California
- a respected law professor at a prestigious university
- an eminent professor of English
- He is a distinguished professor of law at the University of Illinois.
- He was made a professor at the age of 40.
- Professor Smith
- She is a former history professor.
- She was my professor when I was a grad student.
- The opening address will be given by Professor Montgomery, professor emeritus of microbiology at Birkbeck College.
- The report was written by two Harvard professors.
Word Origin- late Middle English: from Latin professor, from profess- ‘declared publicly’, from the verb profiteri, from pro- ‘before’ + fateri ‘confess’.
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