professing
Definitions
Noun
- An open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion
Verb
- Practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about
- Confess one's faith in, or allegiance to
- Admit (to a wrongdoing)
- State freely
- Receive into a religious order or congregation
- Take vows, as in religious order
- State insincerely
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| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | professional | 4 | 105 |
| 2 | processing | 3 | 38 |
| 3 | profession | 3 | 37 |
| 4 | pressing | 2 | 25 |
| 5 | expressing | 3 | 24 |
| 6 | protesting | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | possessing | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | professions | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | profess | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | procession | 3 | 5 |
| 11 | depressing | 3 | 5 |
| 12 | progressing | 3 | 2 |
| 13 | impressing | 3 | 2 |
| 14 | rossing | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | reprocessing | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | profession's | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | repressing | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | proffering | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | pressuring | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | oppressing | 3 | 0 |
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Term
Definitions: 8
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 63
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
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📰 This Word in the News:
Doral Teacher Faces Lewd, Lascivious Charges After 'Professing Her Love For Child'
Dec 14, 2018 CBS News
Dec 14, 2018 CBS News
Lisa Murkowski sold out, despite professing to be concerned about ugly vulture budget’s impact on America’s most vulnerable
Jul 1, 2025 Northwest Progressive Institute
Jul 1, 2025 Northwest Progressive Institute
Frt. Carl Gales, SVD nears ordination, professing final vows Saturday
Sep 17, 2021 Black Catholic Messenger
Sep 17, 2021 Black Catholic Messenger