profession

Universal Words noun 1 [C] a type of job that needs special training or skill, especially one that needs a high level of education: the medical / legal / teaching profession * to enter / go into / join the nursing profession * (BrE) the caring professions (= that involve looking after people) * He was an electrician by profession. * She was at the very top of her profession. 2 (the profession) [sing.+sing./pl.v.] all the people who work in a particular type of profession: The legal profession has / have always resisted change. 3 (the professions) [pl.] the traditional jobs that need a high level of education and training, such as being a doctor or a lawyer: employment in industry and the professions 4 [C] ~ of sth a statement about what you believe, feel or think about sth, that is sometimes made publicly: a profession of faith * His professions of love did not seem sincere.