Word

profess, v.
(professed, professes, professing)
freq. cnt. 8

practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4

profess

sample sentences

"She professes organic chemistry"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
They %s to move

semantic pointers

hypernym

claim

confess one's faith in, or allegiance to
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3

profess

sample sentences

"The terrorists professed allegiance to their country"
"he professes to be a Communist"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

professing

semantic pointers

hypernym

declare

admit (to a wrongdoing)
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 14 freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1

concede confess profess

sample sentences

"She confessed that she had taken the money"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

confession confession confessor

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

profession

semantic pointers

hypernym

admit, acknowledge

hyponym

make a clean breast of, own up, fess up

state insincerely
<verb.communication>

pretend profess

sample sentences

"He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt"
"She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber"
"She pretends to be an expert on wine"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

semantic pointers

hypernym

claim

take vows, as in religious order
<verb.communication>

profess

sample sentences

"she professed herself as a nun"

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

profession

semantic pointers

hypernym

vow

hyponym

take the veil

verb group

profess

receive into a religious order or congregation
<verb.communication>

profess

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody

semantic pointers

verb group

profess

hypernym

accept, take, admit, take on

state freely
<verb.communication>

profess

sample sentences

"The teacher professed that he was not generous when it came to giving good grades"

verb frames

Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

semantic pointers

hypernym

declare