profession

Definition:
1. A type of job that needs special training or skill, especially one that needs a high level of education.
2. All the people who work in a particular type of profession.
3. The traditional jobs that need a high level of education and training, such as being a doctor or a lawyer.

Use 'profession' in a sentence:

• 1. It would appear that the legal profession is the nearest thing to a recession-proof industry.
• 2. The profession is policed by its own regulatory body.
• 3. A few dedicated doctors have fought for years to enlighten the profession.
• 4. They're both doctors by profession.
• 5. In some professions, niceness does not get you very far.
• 6. He was an electrician by profession.
• 7. I knew I could not be as happy in another profession.
• 8. She is an honour to the profession.
• 9. In a few years he had climbed to the top of his profession.
• 10. Drastic measures are needed to clean up the profession.
• 11. She clawed her way to the top of her profession.
• 12. She was at the very top of her profession.
• 13. Catching colds is unfortunately an occupational hazard in this profession.
• 14. He did well in his chosen profession.
• 15. That's an honorable profession.
• 16. I don't want either trade or profession.
• 17. How did you learn the profession?
• 18. He is one of the greatest players of recent times and is a credit to his profession.
• 19. That sort of behaviour is a disgrace to the legal profession.
• 20. He deprecated the low quality of entrants to the profession.
• 21. My profession had an important influence in the formation of my character and temperament.
• 22. She was now a fully fledged member of the teaching profession.
• 23. He manifested a strong dislike for his father's profession.
• 24. She had carefully charted her route to the top of her profession.
• 25. Scientific development meant the growth of numerous professions ancillary to medicine.
• 26. With time he came to revise his opinion of the profession.
• 27. The profession's leaders must take action now to promote equal opportunities for all.
• 28. The attitude of the medical profession is very much more liberal now.
• 29. The course is also suitable for those in the caring professions.
• 30. The profession is trying to sex up its image.
• 31. Harper was a teacher by profession.
• 32. Her abilities carried her to the top of her profession.
• 33. At that time being a woman was a bar to promotion in most professions.
• 34. He has scaled the heights of his profession.
• 35. He worked his way to the top of his profession.
• 36. Nurses are leaving the profession in increasing numbers.
• 37. His linguistic ability served him well in his chosen profession.
• 38. In this profession, women outnumber men by two to one.
• 39. Graduate status is the minimum requirement for entry to the teaching profession.
• 40. The legal profession is still a largely male world, as evidenced by the small number of women judges.
• 41. Acting is definitely a young person's profession in many ways.
• 42. It's a long grind to the top of that particular profession.
• 43. A university degree has become a requisite for entry into most professions.
• 44. He hopes to enter the medical profession.
• 45. She followed her mother into the medical profession.
• 46. Research is the cornerstone of the profession.