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# profess

verb (profess, professes, professed, professing)

«profess» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (formal) To say openly that you feel, believe or have something: He professed his love for chocolate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profess/#m1)
2. To claim something, often falsely: She professes to know everything. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profess/#m2)
3. To openly follow a religion. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profess/#m3)
4. Professed means openly declared or acknowledged as being a certain kind of person, such as a professed poet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profess/#m4)

### In the lessons

A formal, bookish word used in stories and exam passages. Often it hints the claim is not quite true: «He professed to be an expert, but he could not even swim». It helps readers judge if a character is honest. Phrases: «profess to be», «profess ignorance», «professed love».

### Examples

- The knight professed his loyalty to the queen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profess/#x1)
- He professes to be the best player in school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profess/#x2)
- She professed not to know who ate the cake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profess/#x3)
- They profess a deep love of animals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profess/#x4)
- The so-called wizard professed great powers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profess/#x5)
- He professed ignorance of the rules. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profess/#x6)
- There are many who are more the poets of nature than those who are professed poets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profess/#x7)

### Note

Regular verb: professed. Related: profession (a job like a doctor), professor (a university teacher) — though their meanings now differ. «Professed» can mean «claimed but maybe untrue».

## In Jewish tradition

A formal, bookish word used in stories and exam passages. Often it hints the claim is not quite true: «He professed to be an expert, but he could not even swim». It helps readers judge if a character is honest. Phrases: «profess to be», «profess ignorance», «professed love».

### Note

Regular verb: professed. Related: profession (a job like a doctor), professor (a university teacher) — though their meanings now differ. «Professed» can mean «claimed but maybe untrue».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «profess» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profess/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«profess» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/profess.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «profess» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/profess/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«profess» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/profess.html) on Mova free.