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Noun professing has 1 sense

profession, professing - an open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion; "a profession of disagreement"
--₁ is a kind of avowal, avouchment, affirmation

Derived form: verb profess₂

Verb profess has 7 senses

profess - practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about; "She professes organic chemistry"
--₁ is one way to claim
Sample sentence:
They profess to move
profess - confess one's faith in, or allegiance to; "The terrorists professed allegiance to the Muslim faith"; "he professes to be a Communist"
--₂ is one way to declare

Derived form: noun professing₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
concede, profess, confess - admit, make a clean breast of; "She confessed that she had taken the money"
--₃ is one way to admit, acknowledge

Derived form: noun profession₃
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
profess - state freely; "The teacher professed that he was not generous when it came to giving good grades"
--₄ is one way to declare
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
profess - receive into a religious order or congregation
--₅ is one way to accept, admit, take, take on
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
profess - take vows, as in religious order; "she professed herself as a nun"
--₆ is one way to vow

Derived form: noun profession₄
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
profess, pretend - state insincerely; "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"
--₇ is one way to claim
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE