professing

Definition of Professing in English :

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Noun

1. professing, profession

an open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion

Example Sentences:
'a profession of disagreement'

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WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Professing

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verb

1.

to affirm or announce (something, such as faith); acknowledge

to profess ignorance

to profess a belief in God

2. (transitive)

to claim (something, such as a feeling or skill, or to be or do something), often insincerely or falsely

to profess to be a skilled driver

3.

to receive or be received into a religious order, as by taking vows

Professing

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verb transitive

1.

to make an open declaration of; affirm

to profess one's love

2.

to claim to have (some feeling, an interest, knowledge, etc.)

often connoting insincerity or pretense

3.

to practice as one's profession

4.

to declare one's belief in

to profess Christianity

5.

to accept into a religious order

verb intransitive

6.

to make profession, or affirmation

7.

to make one's profession (sense 4)

Professing

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v. pro·fessed, pro·fess·ing, pro·fess·es

v.tr.

1. To affirm openly; declare or claim: "a physics major [who] professes to be a stickler when it comes to data" (Gina Maranto).

2. To make a pretense of; pretend: "top officials who were deeply involved with the arms sales but later professed ignorance of them" (David Johnston).

3. To practice as a profession or claim knowledge of: profess medicine.

4. To affirm belief in: profess Catholicism.

5. To receive into a religious order or congregation.

v.intr.

1. To make an open affirmation.

2. To take the vows of a religious order or congregation.

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