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profession

 
 
/prəˈfeʃən/ noun

Translation

WORK [C] a type of work that needs special training or education
meslek, uğraşı
What's your profession? He's working in a restaurant, but he's a teacher by profession (= he trained to be a teacher).1436
PEOPLE [group] the people who do a type of work considered as a group
meslek grubu
The medical profession has expressed concern about the new drug.670
(Definition of profession noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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