profession

noun (WORK)

/prəˈfeʃ.ən/

Definition

B1 [C, + sing/pl verb] any type of work that needs special training or a particular skill, often one that is respected because it involves a high level of education: He left the teaching profession in 1965 to set up his own business. The report notes that 40 percent of lawyers entering the profession are women. Teaching as a profession is very underpaid. He's a doctor by profession.Jobs, careers and professionsWorking B2 [C, + sing/pl verb] the people who do a type of work, considered as a group: There's a feeling among the nursing profession that their work is undervalued.Jobs, careers and professionsWorking the professions › jobs that need special training and skill, such as being a doctor or lawyer, but not work in business or industryJobs, careers and professionsWorking

(Definition of profession noun (WORK) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)