Collocations for "profession"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "profession" in context.
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profession
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [new, rewarding, chosen, skilled, specific] profession
- the [accountancy, teaching, acting, medical] profession
- the profession of [accountancy]
- wants to get into the [accountancy] profession
- is an [accountant] by profession
- a [well, highly] -paid profession
- [take up, start, learn] a new profession
- the profession [requires, demands, calls for]
- [millions] work in the profession
- he is a [lawyer, doctor] by profession
- what is your profession?
- now works in [another, a different] profession
- was her [mother's, father's] profession
- [declare, make] a profession of faith
- a profession about [God, the Lord]
- a [direct, false, credible] profession (of faith)
- idiom: the world's oldest profession
'profession' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):