A PROFESSIONAL
Please dont give me the meaning from a dictionary.
2007-09-20 19:06:28 · 13 answers · asked by Claude 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I understand two quite different meanings of "a professional".
Either, quite simply someone who is paid to do what they do, whether that's playing hockey or selling cars. Or, a member of a profession, in other words a university-educated person who has been trained as, for example, a doctor, lawyer, teacher, engineer.
2007-09-20 19:28:31 · answer #1 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Professional tends to be used more and more as someone who belongs to a certain job or profession requiring specific educational training normally a degree. Doctors, lawyers and architects are good examples. An estate agent with a degree in English or something would not be a good example of a professional.
Don't forget someone can also "be professional" a gardener for example could take a lot of pride in his job and work in a professional manner.
2007-09-23 04:59:08 · answer #2 · answered by thequestioner 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A professional could be someone who is purely paid for a job, but is also deemed to be proficient at it. As oppose to an Amateur who might get some sort of payment, but not have that same level of expertise.
2007-09-21 02:15:09 · answer #3 · answered by waggy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OK. A professional is a person who has trained for something and is paid for doing it. For example a 'professional' footballer is a footballer who is paid to play - rather than doing it for fun or any other reason.
2007-09-21 02:46:37 · answer #4 · answered by alex s 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Professional=a person who studied his work in theory and spent a lot of time applying his knowledge in practice, being paid for that.
2007-09-21 02:41:08 · answer #5 · answered by russiancatsima 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Someone who not only knows how to do their job well but actually does it to a very high standard and earns their living doing that job.
2007-09-22 09:17:04 · answer #6 · answered by outremerknight 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A professional someone who professes to know a lot about nothing!
2007-09-21 02:21:44 · answer #7 · answered by David H 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
hi. if someone said they were a professional then i would expect them to know all aspects of their job and that they should be competent when performing any part of it ie: a chef..baker..auditor whereas an amateur would not be fully trained.
2007-09-21 02:19:18 · answer #8 · answered by her with the mad ginger hair 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
u dnt need a dictionary for that coz im the best meaning of a professional
2007-09-21 02:17:24 · answer #9 · answered by elektronikk magnet 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋
someone who is an expert in his job, or very highly educated in his job.
when someone said "professional" to me, like "he is a professional in his kind of field", i would think that.
2007-09-21 02:10:27 · answer #10 · answered by pink_akachan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋