professed
pronunciation
How to pronounce professed in British English:
UK [prəˈfest]
How to pronounce professed in American English:
US [ prəˈfest]
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- Adjective:
- professing to be qualified
- claimed with intent to deceive
- openly declared as such
Word Origin
- professed (adj.)
- "openly declared," 1560s, past participle adjective from profess. Earlier in a more specific sense of "having taken vows of a religious order" (late 14c.). Related: Professedly.
Example
- 1. A day later he professed a deep-seated love of the european union .
- 2. And let 's hear how you reconcile them with your professed love of freedom .
- 3. India might think pakistan is bluffing in its professed willingness to use tactical nuclear weapons against indian ground troops on pakistani soil .
- 4. Ma nuo , 22 , the woman who professed to prefer crying in a bmw over riding a bike , denied in an interview that she thought too much about money .
- 5. His professed conversion was apparently meant to soothe independents . But it may rattle the republican base .