profession – English noun declension

English noun forms of profession

Noun: profession
Singularprofession
Pluralprofessions

Sample Sentences

  • She died only a few years after her profession.
  • Rosario was a young novice belonging to the monastery, who in three months intended to make his profession. [1796, Matthew Lewis, The Monk, Folio Society, published 1985, page 27:]
  • I congratulate you upon the wisdom that withheld you from entering yourself a member of the Protestant Association […] it is likely to bring an odium upon the profession they make, that will not soon be forgotten. [1780, William Cowper, letter, 12 June]
  • Despite his continued professions of innocence, the court eventually sentenced him to five years.
  • a profession of support
  • I scarcely know any thing that really interests me, and I would give a great deal not to be so quick-sighted as I am; it would be so pleasant to believe only a tithe of the professions that are made me. [1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Presentiment”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 126:]
  • My father was a barrister by profession.
  • “You are very idle, Cashel; I am sure of that. It is too provoking to throw away so much money every year for nothing. Besides, you must soon be thinking of a profession.” “I shall go into the army,” said Cashel. “It is the only profession for a gentleman.” [1886, George Bernard Shaw, Cashel Byron’s Profession. […], London: The Modern Press, […], →OCLC, page 4:]
  • His conduct is against the established practices of the legal profession.

Etymology

1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?
3. Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?
4. Proto-Indo-European *pér
5. Proto-Indo-European *-o
6. Proto-Indo-European *pró
7. Proto-Indo-European *pro-
8. Proto-Italic *pro-
9. Latin prō-
10. Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der.
11. Proto-Italic *fatēōr
12. Latin fateor
13. Latin profiteor
14. Proto-Indo-European *-tis
15. Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
16. Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
17. Proto-Italic *-tiō
18. Latin -tiō
19. Latin professiōnembor.
20. Old French professionbor.
21. Anglo-Norman professiounbor.
22. Middle English professioun
23. English profession
24. From Middle English professioun, from Anglo-Norman professioun, Old French profession (“declaration of faith, religious vows, occupation”), from Latin professiō (“avowal, public declaration”), from the participle stem of profitērī (“to profess”). By surface analysis, profess + -ion. See: Latin Nouns 'professiō'.