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- pronunciation:
- pr
fes
- features:
- Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
professes, professing, professed |
| definition 1: |
to claim or state as true.
She professed sadness but felt none.- synonyms:
- allege, claim
- similar words:
- assume, declare, fake, feign
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| definition 2: |
to make known out in the open.
The bride and groom professed their love for each other.- synonyms:
- affirm
- similar words:
- acknowledge, admit, announce, confess, declare, own up to, proclaim, pronounce
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| related words: |
affect, affirm, allege, assert, claim, pretend |
The word profess
contains the following part:
pro-1
Latin
prefix
that means before, forward, forth
  Example words:
procedure, proceed, proclaim, procrastinate, produce, profess, profound, profuse, progress, project, projectile, prominent, promise, promote, pronoun, propel, proposal, propose, proposition, prosecute, prospect, protect, protrude, proverb, provide, provoke
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