1. profess

verb. ['prəˈfɛs'] practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about.

Rhymes with Profess

• transgress
• nevertheless
• stds
• nonetheless
• l'express
• dispossess
• convalesce
• tcas
• simplesse
• repossess
• reinvests
• progress
• kjos
• hces
• express'
• express
• distress
• compress
• cmos
• adss
• abts
• uys
• uss
• undress
• suppress
• suggests
• success
• requests
• repress
• regress

How do you pronounce profess?

Pronounce profess as prəˈfɛs.

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Sentences with profess

1. Verb, base form
They celebrate the same sacraments and profess the same apostolic faith as all Roman Catholics across the world.

2. Verb, non-3rd person singular present
Those who profess a belief in Lemuria say that it predated Atlantis and that its real name is Mu.

Quotes about profess

1. I don't profess any religion; I don't think it’s possible that there is a God; I have the greatest difficulty in understanding what is meant by the words ‘spiritual’ or ‘spirituality.'[Interview, The New Yorker, Dec. 26, 2005]
- Philip Pullman

2. I come here with no expectations, only to profess, now that I am at liberty to do so, that my heart is and always will be yours.
- Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility

3. Cows are amongst the gentlest of breathing creatures; none show more passionate tenderness to their young when deprived of them; and, in short, I am not ashamed to profess a deep love for these quiet creatures.
- Thomas de Quincey

2. profess

verb. ['prəˈfɛs'] confess one's faith in, or allegiance to.

3. profess

verb. ['prəˈfɛs'] admit (to a wrongdoing).

4. profess

verb. ['prəˈfɛs'] take vows, as in religious order.

5. profess

verb. ['prəˈfɛs'] state freely.

6. profess

verb. ['prəˈfɛs'] state insincerely.

7. profess

verb. ['prəˈfɛs'] receive into a religious order or congregation.