profess
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about
She professes organic chemistry
Types & categories
- claim hypernym
Sense 2 verb
confess one's faith in, or allegiance to
The terrorists professed allegiance to their country
Types & categories
- declare hypernym
Related & opposite
- professing derivation
Sense 3 verb
admit (to a wrongdoing)
She confessed that she had taken the money
Types & categories
- acknowledge hypernym
- make a clean breast of hyponym
Related & opposite
- confession derivation
- professing derivation
- confession derivation
- confessor derivation
Sense 4 verb
state freely
The teacher professed that he was not generous when it came to giving good grades
Types & categories
- declare hypernym
Sense 5 verb
receive into a religious order or congregation
Types & categories
- take on hypernym
Related & opposite
- profess verb group
Sense 6 verb
take vows, as in religious order
she professed herself as a nun
Types & categories
- vow hypernym
- take the veil hyponym
Related & opposite
- profession derivation
- profess verb group
Sense 7 verb
state insincerely
He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt
Types & categories
- claim hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | claim |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | professing |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | declare |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | confession |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | professing |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | confession |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | confessor |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | acknowledge |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | make a clean breast of |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | declare |
| 5 | verb group | Related & opposite | profess |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | take on |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | profession |
| 6 | verb group | Related & opposite | profess |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | vow |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | take the veil |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | claim |