Profess

Synonyms for "profess" (111 found)

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Adjective(1 words)
Verb(6 words)
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go through the motionshaveholdinsistissue a manifesto
Noun(1 words)

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lay downlet onlet on likemaintainmake a pretensemake a show ofmake as ifmake believemake likemanifestoofferplayplay a partplay possumplayactposepredicatepresentpresuppositionpretend
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pretextproclaimprofferpronounceprotestprotest too muchpurportputput forwardput itput onsayset downset forthshamsimulatespeakspeak outspeak upstand forstand onstatesubmitsweartenderuttervowwarrant
Verb(4 words)
Noun(2 words)
Adjective(1 words)
shared creed

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BuddhismCatholicismIslamProtestantismacademic freedomallegecontendmaintainopen inquirypeer review

Collocations

6 entries
profess a vowprofess beliefprofess commitmentprofess faithprofess ignoranceprofess religion

Inflections

3 entries

Derivations

5 entries

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

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I do profess to be no less than I seem.

Source: tatoeba (1293573)

Fadil wrote Layla a poem to profess his love.

Source: tatoeba (5871706)

About 1.2 billion people worldwide profess Catholicism - the world's largest Christian faith.

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Many people profess a belief in God yet maintain significantly divergent theologies and practices. Ecumenical movements attempt to bridge those differences through dialogue and mutual understanding, but some denominations will not participate in such efforts.

Source: tatoeba (9584964)

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