profess

/pɹəfˈɛs/

/pɹəˈfɛs/

to profess

MAIN VERB

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practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about

confess one's faith in, or allegiance to

to openly acknowledge that one has done something wrong or questionable

synonyms : concede

take vows, as in religious order

state insincerely

synonyms : pretend

receive into a religious order or congregation

to openly declare one's belief or opinion about something without reservations

Examples

1. The Friends co-stars openly professed their secret feelings.

2. So, I profess my love for milk chocolate and my preference for it over dark chocolate.

3. Verbal influence, by the way, he always professes contempt for.

4. Screech professes his love for Lisa.