{
    "term": "profession",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a type of job that needs special training or skill, especially one that needs a high level of education",
            "sensetop": "by profession",
            "labels": "(British English)(British English)(British English)(North American English)(especially North American English)(especially British English)(especially North American English)(both especially British English)(especially North American English)",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the **medical/legal/teaching profession**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to enter/go into/join a profession"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the caring professions *(= that involve looking after people)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was at the very top of her profession."
                },
                {
                    "text": "senior members of the profession"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was a lawyer by profession.",
                    "contextForm": "by profession"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's time to change your profession for something more exciting."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He entered the legal profession after college."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What made you choose this profession?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We are members of an old and noble profession."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was shocked at her daughter's choice of profession."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a job where people can learn the profession"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the primary reason why nurses leave the profession"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I joined the profession when I was in my early twenties."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's making an impact in his chosen profession."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Jobs"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["chosen", "noble", "caring"],
                "verb + profession": ["practise/​practice", "enter", "go into"],
                "preposition": ["by profession", "in a/​somebody’s/​the profession"],
                "phrases": [
                    "a choice of profession",
                    "the top of somebody’s profession",
                    "the oldest profession"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "all the people who work in a particular type of profession",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The legal profession has/have always resisted change."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the licensing laws that regulate the profession"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the traditional jobs that need a high level of education and training, such as being a doctor or a lawyer",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "employment in industry and the professions"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a statement about what you believe, feel or think about something, that is sometimes made publicly",
            "sensetop": "profession of something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a profession of faith"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His professions of love did not seem sincere."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "declaration"
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prəˈfeʃn/",
                "audio": "pr/profession/profession__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prəˈfeʃn/",
                "audio": "pr/profession/profession__us_3.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (denoting the vow made on entering a religious order): via Old French from Latin professio(n-), from profiteri ‘declare publicly’, from pro- ‘before’ + fateri ‘confess’. Senses (1) and (2) derive from the notion of an occupation that one “professes” to be skilled in."
}