"professed" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /pɹəˈfɛst/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-professed.wav [US] Forms: more professed [comparative], most professed [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛst Head templates: {{en-adj}} professed (comparative more professed, superlative most professed)
  1. Openly declared or acknowledged.
    Sense id: en-professed-en-adj-Jmm2xag0
  2. Professing to be qualified.
    Sense id: en-professed-en-adj-zUQIP7SB
  3. Admitted to a religious order.
    Sense id: en-professed-en-adj-pb5YLXio Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 11 37 29
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: profest [archaic] Derived forms: self-professed

Verb [English]

IPA: /pɹəˈfɛst/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-professed.wav [US]
Rhymes: -ɛst Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} professed
  1. simple past and past participle of profess Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: profess
    Sense id: en-professed-en-verb-mCjbPhI-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: profest [archaic]

Download JSON data for professed meaning in All languages combined (3.4kB)

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