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.
