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word professional
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adjective
Professional means relating to a person's work, especially work that requires special training .
His professional career started at Liverpool University.
...a professionally-qualified architect.
The opening months of 1987 were difficult, personally and professionally.
Professional people have jobs that require advanced education or training.
...highly qualified professional people like doctors and engineers.
My father wanted me to become a professional and have more stability.
You use professional to describe people who do a particular thing to earn money rather than as a hobby .
This has been my worst time for injuries since I started as a professional footballer.
The veteran golfer has played in every Major Championship since he turned professional.
He had been a professional since March 1985.
By age 16 he was playing professionally with bands in Greenwich Village.
Professional sports are played for money rather than as a hobby.
...an art student who had played professional football for a short time.
If you say that something that someone does or produces is professional, you approve of it because you think that it is of a very high standard .
They run it with a truly professional but personal touch.
...a dedicated professional who worked harmoniously with the cast and crew.
These tickets have been produced very professionally.
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