Definition of professional

Simple Definition of professional

• : relating to a job that requires special education, training, or skill
• : done or given by a person who works in a particular profession
• : paid to participate in a sport or activity

1.

a. Of, relating to, engaged in, or suitable for a profession: lawyers, doctors, andother professional people.

b. Conforming to the standards of a profession: professional behavior.

2. Engaging in a given activity as a source of livelihood or as a career: a professionalwriter.

3. Performed by persons receiving pay: professional football.

4. Having or showing great skill; expert: a professional repair job.

n.

1. A person following a profession, especially a learned profession.

2. One who earns a living in a given or implied occupation: hired a professional todecorate the house.

3. A skilled practitioner; an expert.

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