professorship
pronunciation
How to pronounce professorship in British English:
UK [prəˈfesəʃɪp]
How to pronounce professorship in American English:
US [prəˈfesərʃɪp]
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- Noun:
- the position of professor
Word Origin
- professorship (n.)
- 1640s, from professor + -ship.
Example
- 1. He has accepted a research professorship at Cambridge University .
- 2. Though Longfellow was lucky in securing a professorship of modern languages at harvard , he qualified himself carefully for the appointment .
- 3. In1996 , Ma was granted associate professorship in China and assigned as assistant dean for the new Shenzhen University .
- 4. He earned his PhD in Education from Stanford University and he was awarded the prestigious University professorship last year .
- 5. Of course , three publications is nowhere near enough to get a professorship & even at a crappy school .