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# professor

«professor» in Mova's school dictionary: **a senior teacher at a university, often an expert in one…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a professor, professors)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A professor is a senior teacher at a university, often an expert in one subject. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/professor/#m1)

2) (US) A professor is any university teacher. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/professor/#m2)

3) In stories, «the professor» is often a clever, sometimes absent-minded scientist. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/professor/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life it is a title: Professor Smith. In stories professors run experiments or know many facts. In the UK a professor is the highest rank; in the US many college teachers are called professor. Phrases: «professor of maths», «absent-minded professor».

### examples

- My aunt is a professor of chemistry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/professor/#x1)
- Professor Lee teaches at the university. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/professor/#x2)
- The professor explained the experiment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/professor/#x3)
- In the cartoon, the mad professor built a robot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/professor/#x4)
- She wants to be a professor one day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/professor/#x5)
- The professor wrote a book about dinosaurs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/professor/#x6)
- Ask the professor your question. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/professor/#x7)
- The professor forgot his glasses again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/professor/#x8)
- Professor Huxley thinks there are none. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/professor/#x9)

### note

Spelling: one «f», double «s»: pro-fe-ss-or. Title with a capital before a name: Professor Jones (short: Prof.). Not usually used for school teachers.

### Trees and pragmatics

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