professional
• adjective 1 relating to or belonging to a profession. 2 engaged in an activity as a paid occupation rather than as an amateur. 3 worthy of or appropriate to a professional person; competent. • noun 1 a professional person. 2 a person having impressive competence in a particular activity. — DERIVATIVES professionalize (also professionalise) verb professionally adverb.
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