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- pronunciation:
- pr
fes
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
professes, professing, professed |
| definition 1: |
to claim or state as true.
She professed sadness but felt none.- synonyms:
- allege, claim
- similar words:
- assume, declare, fake, feign
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| definition 2: |
to make known out in the open.
The bride and groom professed their love for each other.- synonyms:
- affirm
- similar words:
- acknowledge, admit, announce, confess, declare, own up to, proclaim, pronounce
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| related words: |
affect, affirm, allege, assert, claim, pretend |
adverb + (v.)profess
openly, publicly
(v.)profess
+ adverb
repeatedly
(v.)profess
+ noun
admiration,
affection,
allegiance,
belief,
confidence,
confusion,
desire,
devotion,
disbelief,
dislike,
dismay,
doctrine,
doubt,
duty,
faith,
freedom,
friendship,
grief,
hatred,
ideal,
ignorance,
innocence,
intention,
interest,
knowledge,
literature,
love,
loyalty,
miracle,
outrage,
poet,
religion,
respect,
surprise,
tolerance,
virtue,
vow,
willingness
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The word profess
contains the following part:
pro-1
Latin
prefix
that means before, forward, forth
  Example words:
procedure, proceed, proclaim, procrastinate, produce, profess, profound, profuse, progress, project, projectile, prominent, promise, promote, pronoun, propel, proposal, propose, proposition, prosecute, prospect, protect, protrude, proverb, provide, provoke
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