profess

profess /profess/
  • ngoại động từ
    • tuyên bố, bày tỏ, nói ra
      • to profess oneself satisfied with...: tuyên bố là hài lòng với...
    • tự cho là, tự xưng là, tự nhận là
      • to profess to know several foreign languages: tự cho là biết nhiều tiếng nước ngoài
      • to profess to be a scholar: tự xưng là một học giả
      • to profess to be ignorant: tự nhận là dốt nát
    • theo, tuyên bố tin theo, nhận là tin theo (đạo)...
      • to profess Buddhism: theo đạo Phật
    • hành nghề, làm nghề
      • to profess law: làm nghề luật
    • dạy (môn gì...)
      • to profess history: dạy sử
  • nội động từ
    • dạy học, làm giáo sư

Xem thêm: concede, confess, pretend



profess

Từ điển WordNet

    v.

  • practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about

    She professes organic chemistry

  • confess one's faith in, or allegiance to

    The terrorists professed allegiance to the Muslim faith

    he professes to be a Communist

  • admit, make a clean breast of; concede, confess

    She confessed that she had taken the money

  • state freely

    The teacher professed that he was not generous when it came to giving good grades

  • receive into a religious order or congregation
  • take vows, as in religious order

    she professed herself as a nun

  • state insincerely; pretend

    He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt

    She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber

    She pretends to be an expert on wine


English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

professes|professed|professing
syn.: allege claim contend maintain

ant.: suppress