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profess
1. practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about (Freq. 4) - She professes organic chemistry • Hypernyms: claim • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - They profess to move 2. confess one's faith in, or allegiance to (Freq. 3) - The terrorists professed allegiance to their country - he professes to be a Communist • Derivationally related forms: professing • Hypernyms: declare • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Somebody ----s that CLAUSE 3. admit (to a wrongdoing) (Freq. 1) - She confessed that she had taken the money • Syn: concede, confess • Derivationally related forms: confession (for: confess), confessor (for: confess), profession • Hypernyms: admit, acknowledge • Hyponyms: make a clean breast of, own up, fess up • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Somebody ----s that CLAUSE 4. state freely - The teacher professed that he was not generous when it came to giving good grades • Hypernyms: declare • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s that CLAUSE 5. receive into a religious order or congregation • Hypernyms: accept, admit, take, take on • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s somebody 6. take vows, as in religious order - she professed herself as a nun • Derivationally related forms: profession • Hypernyms: vow • Hyponyms: take the veil • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s - Somebody ----s somebody 7. state insincerely - 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 • Syn: pretend • Hypernyms: claim • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
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