to be a professional person
1professional person — noun a person engaged in one of the learned professions • Syn: ↑professional • Hypernyms: ↑adult, ↑grownup • Hyponyms: ↑careerist, ↑craftsman, ↑critic, ↑ …
2professional — ► ADJECTIVE 1) relating to or belonging to a profession. 2) engaged in an activity as a paid occupation rather than as an amateur. 3) worthy of or appropriate to a professional person; competent. ► NOUN 1) a professional person. 2) a person… …
3professional liability — ➔ liability * * * professional liability UK US noun [U] ► LAW the legal responsibility of a professional person such as a doctor, lawyer, etc. to pay for any damage, harm, or loss that they cause as they do their job: »professional liability… …
4Professional negligence in English Law — In the English law of tort, professional negligence is a subset of the general rules on negligence to cover the situation in which the defendant has represented him or herself as having more than average skills and abilities. The usual rules rely …
5professional — professionally, adv. /preuh fesh euh nl/, adj. 1. following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder. 2. of, pertaining to, or connected with a profession: professional studies. 3. appropriate to a profession:… …
6professional — pro•fes•sion•al [[t]prəˈfɛʃ ə nl[/t]] adj. 1) following an occupation as a means of livelihood 2) pertaining to a profession 3) appropriate to a profession: professional objectivity[/ex] 4) engaged in one of the learned professions, as law or… …
7professional — pro|fes|sion|al1 W1S2 [prəˈfeʃənəl] adj ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(job)¦ 2¦(well trained)¦ 3¦(paid)¦ 4¦(team/event)¦ 5 professional person/man/woman etc 6 professional liar/complainer etc ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) ¦(JOB)¦ [only before noun] …
8professional — adjective 1》 relating to or belonging to a profession. ↘worthy of a professional person; skilful or competent. 2》 engaged in an activity as a paid occupation rather than as an amateur. 3》 informal, derogatory habitually engaged in a… …
9professional — 1 adjective 1 JOB (only before noun, no comparative) connected with a job that needs special education and training: What professional qualifications does he have? | on the basis of professional advice 2 WELL TRAINED showing that someone has been …
10professional — adj. & n. adj. 1 of or belonging to or connected with a profession. 2 a having or showing the skill of a professional, competent. b worthy of a professional (professional conduct). 3 engaged in a specified activity as one s main paid occupation… …