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professed |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb profess Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb profess Entailment of verb profess Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb profess 4 senses of profess Sense 1 profess => claim Sense 2 profess => declare Sense 3 concede, profess, confess => admit acknowledge Sense 4 profess => vow Familiarity of verb profess profess used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count = 4) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb profess Sense 1 profess => claim -------------- Sense 2 profess => declare -------------- Sense 3 concede, profess, confess => admit acknowledge -------------- Sense 4 profess => vow -------------- Overview of verb profess The verb profess has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (4) profess -- (claim to be proficient) 2. (3) profess -- (confess one's faith in or allegiance to "The terrorists professed allegiance to the Muslim faith"; "he professes to be a Communist") 3. (1) concede, profess, confess -- (make a clean breast of "She confessed that she had taken the money") 4. profess -- (as in religious orders take a vow) Overview of adj professed The adj professed has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. professed -- (professing to be qualified; "a professed philosopher") 2. professed -- (claimed with intent to deceive; "his professed intentions") 3. avowed, professed -- (openly declared as such "an avowed enemy"; "her professed love of everything about that country"; "McKinley was assassinated by a professed anarchist") Antonyms of adj professed 3 senses of professed Sense 1 professed(postnominal) INDIRECT (VIA professional) -> nonprofessional Sense 2 professed(postnominal) INDIRECT (VIA declared) -> undeclared Sense 3 avowed(postnominal), professed(postnominal) INDIRECT (VIA declared) -> undeclared Similarity of adj professed 3 senses of professed Sense 1 professed(postnominal) => professional (vs. nonprofessional) Sense 2 professed(postnominal) => declared (vs. undeclared) Sense 3 avowed(postnominal), professed(postnominal) => declared (vs. undeclared) Attributes of adj professed Familiarity of adj professed professed used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj professed professed Overview of verb profess The verb profess has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (4) profess -- (claim to be proficient) 2. (3) profess -- (confess one's faith in or allegiance to "The terrorists professed allegiance to the Muslim faith"; "he professes to be a Communist") 3. (1) concede, profess, confess -- (make a clean breast of "She confessed that she had taken the money") 4. profess -- (as in religious orders take a vow) Overview of adj professed The adj professed has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. professed -- (professing to be qualified; "a professed philosopher") 2. professed -- (claimed with intent to deceive; "his professed intentions") 3. avowed, professed -- (openly declared as such "an avowed enemy"; "her professed love of everything about that country"; "McKinley was assassinated by a professed anarchist")
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