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# professional

«professional» in Mova's school dictionary: **Doing a job or sport for money, as your work, not just…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (professional, more professional, most professional); noun (a professional, professionals)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Doing a job or sport for money, as your work, not just for fun: "a professional footballer". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/professional/#m1)

2) Doing a job that needs special training, like a doctor, teacher or lawyer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/professional/#m2)

3) Done very well and carefully, as an expert would do it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/professional/#m3)

4) As a noun, a person who does a job as their work or with great skill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/professional/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, professionals such as doctors, nurses, firefighters and plumbers help us; in safety lessons you learn to get help from a professional. In sport, professional players are paid, while amateurs play for fun. Phrases: a professional player, turn professional, professional help, look professional.

### examples

- My cousin wants to be a professional basketball player. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/professional/#x1)
- A doctor is a professional who has trained for many years. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/professional/#x2)
- The poster looks very professional. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/professional/#x3)
- If a gas pipe leaks, call a professional. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/professional/#x4)
- She turned professional when she was eighteen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/professional/#x5)
- The teacher is a true professional. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/professional/#x6)
- Professional footballers train every day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/professional/#x7)
- It is for professional students of folk-lore to study the original documents for themselves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/professional/#x8)

### note

Spelling: one "f" and two "s": professional. The opposite of a paid player is "amateur". The noun is "profession" (a job that needs training). In safety: do not try to fix electricity or gas yourself; that is a job for a professional. "Pro" is a short, informal word for professional.

### In the corpora

- [Breakfast-show presenters are paid professionals working from a running order and an earpiece; the friendly chat is planned.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa/9/)
- [Professional authors usually rewrite their work many times before it is published.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/43-editing-and-redrafting/10/)
- [A professional's move is tried slowly and safely, with a coach, because it may be dangerous.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/251-younger-children-losing-and-practising/13/)
- [Professional magicians plan audience help carefully and safely, and you can say no if you don't want to.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/280-illusions-and-adverts/20/)
- [Professional bull riders need to stay on for eight seconds; nobody rides a bucking bull for ten minutes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/435-boasting-cousins-and-made-up-holidays/20/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «professional» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/professional/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.