Definition of Professional

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Professional

Of or pertaining to a profession, or calling; conforming to the rules or standards of a profession; following a profession; as, professional knowledge; professional conduct.

Engaged in by professionals; as, a professional race; -- opposed to amateur.

A person who prosecutes anything professionally, or for a livelihood, and not in the character of an amateur; a professional worker.

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Professional Quotations

Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of years. It is not, then, an article of mere consumption but fairly of capital, and often in the case of professional men, setting out in life, it is their only capital.
Thomas Jefferson

I recently went to a new doctor and noticed he was located in something called the Professional Building. I felt better right away.
George Carlin

Professional men, they have no cares; whatever happens, they get theirs.
Ogden Nash

If I'd written all the truth I knew for the past ten years, about 600 people - including me - would be rotting in prison cells from Rio to Seattle today. Absolute truth is a very rare and dangerous commodity in the context of professional journalism.
Hunter S. Thompson

You have to perform at a consistently higher level than others. That's the mark of a true professional.
Joe Paterno

I do not regret one professional enemy I have made. Any actor who doesn't dare to make an enemy should get out of the business.
Bette Davis

A professional writer is an amateur who didn't quit.
Richard Bach

The word user is the word used by the computer professional when they mean idiot.
Dave Barry

My mother was a professional sick person; she took a lot of pain pills. There are many people like that. It's just how they are used to getting attention. I always remember she's the daughter of alcoholics who'd leave her alone at Christmas time.
Jim Carrey

Magic Johnson, former basketball player, may run for mayor of LA in the next election. Remember the good 'ol days when only qualified people ran for office like actors and professional wrestlers.
Jay Leno

Professional Translations

professional in Afrikaans is professioneel
professional in Danish is erhvervs-
professional in Dutch is professioneel, beroeps-
professional in French is pro
professional in German is professionell
professional in Italian is professionista, per lavoro
professional in Portuguese is profissional
professional in Spanish is profesional

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