Profession | Mean of profession in English Dictionary

/prəˈfɛʃən/

• Noun
• a type of job that requires special education, training, or skill
1. The doctor talked to students who are thinking about entering/joining the profession.
2. the legal profession
3. Most professions in the medical field require years of training.
4. He is a carpenter by profession. = His profession is carpentry.
5. (humorous) She works in the (world's) oldest profession. [=she is a prostitute]
• the people who work in a particular profession
1. Their daughter recently became a member of the medical profession.
2. The teaching profession opposes the new law. = (Brit) The teaching profession oppose the new law.
• the act of declaring or saying something openly
1. She made a profession of religious faith.