Professed

//pɹəˈfɛst// adj, verb

adj, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of profess form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Openly declared or acknowledged.

    "His professed religion was Catholicism."

  2. 2
    Professing to be qualified.

    "She is a professed expert in mechanics."

  3. 3
    Admitted to a religious order.

    "The rule of the Perpetual Adoration is so strict that it horrifies; novices hold back, and the order is not recruited. In 1845 a few lay sisters were still found here and there, but no professed nuns."

Adjective
  1. 1
    openly declared as such wordnet
  2. 2
    claimed with intent to deceive wordnet
  3. 3
    professing to be qualified wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
declaredacceptedacknowledgedadmittedaffirmedalleged

Example

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"He professed to know nothing about it."

Related phrases

self-professed

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