English to English
adjective
- engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or means of livelihood
The professional man or woman possesses distinctive qualifications.
Began her professional career after the Olympics.
Professional theater.
Professional football.
A professional cook.
Professional actors and athletes.
source: WordNet 3.0
- of or relating to or suitable as a profession
Professional organizations.
A professional field such as law.
source: WordNet 3.0
- characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession
Professional conduct.
Professional ethics.
A thoroughly professional performance.
source: WordNet 3.0
- of or relating to a profession
We need professional advice.
Professional training.
Professional equipment for his new office.
source: WordNet 3.0
- Of or pertaining to a profession, or calling; conforming to the rules or standards of a profession; following a profession; as, professional knowledge; professional conduct.
source: Webster 1913
noun
- a person engaged in one of the learned professions
source: WordNet 3.0
- an athlete who plays for pay
source: WordNet 3.0
- an authority qualified to teach apprentices
source: WordNet 3.0
- A person who prosecutes anything professionally, or for a livelihood, and not in the character of an amateur; a professional worker.
source: Webster 1913
adjective satellite
- engaged in by members of a profession
Professional occupations include medicine and the law and teaching.
source: WordNet 3.0
English to Tagalog
adj
- [profésional] May kinalaman sa gayong hanap-buhay
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog