English to English
verb
- practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about
She professes organic chemistry.
source: WordNet 3.0
- confess one's faith in, or allegiance to
The terrorists professed allegiance to their country.
He professes to be a Communist.
source: WordNet 3.0
- admit (to a wrongdoing)
She confessed that she had taken the money.
source: WordNet 3.0
- state freely
The teacher professed that he was not generous when it came to giving good grades.
source: WordNet 3.0
- receive into a religious order or congregation
source: WordNet 3.0
- take vows, as in religious order
She professed herself as a nun.
source: WordNet 3.0
- state insincerely
He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt.
She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber.
She pretends to be an expert on wine.
source: WordNet 3.0
- To make open declaration of, as of one's knowledge, belief, action, etc.; to avow or acknowledge; to confess publicly; to own or admit freely.
source: Webster 1913
- To take a profession upon one's self by a public declaration; to confess.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
verb
- [profés] Máukol; manungkol; magpahayag
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog