Basic Details
Word: Profession
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: A paid job that needs special training or study, such as teaching, law or medicine.
Synonyms: career, occupation, vocation
How to Spell Profession
Syllables: pro - fes - sion
Tricky part: One f, two s's. Students often double the f (proffession) or drop an s (profesion).
Watch out for: proffession, profesion, proffesion, professsion
Memory tip: Professor and profession share the same start, prof-ess, with one f and two s's. Spell professor, then swap or for ion.
Usage Examples
Example 1: Teaching is a profession that needs a great deal of patience.
Example 2: My aunt chose nursing as her profession after looking after her sick father.
Example 3: Her grandfather was a lawyer by profession and a poet in his spare time.
Fun Fact
In the Middle Ages, a profession was the set of vows a person made when joining a religious order; later it came to mean a job needing long training.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
One of these words is spelt right. Pick the meaning of that word.
1. embarass 2. neccessary 3. accomodate 4. profession
a) to provide a room or space for someone
b) needed or essential
c) to make someone feel awkward
d) a paid job that needs special training
Show answer
d) a paid job that needs special training. Accommodate and embarrass each need another double letter, and necessary has one c; profession is right.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
proffession
a) f
b) o
c) s
d) i
Show answer
a) f. The f is single in this word; it is the s that is doubled.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the letters in the sentence to form a meaningful word:
Medicine is a fesiorspon that needs many years of study.
a) profession
b) procession
c) confession
d) possession
Show answer
a) profession. Procession has a c in place of the f, confession needs a c and a second n, and possession has four s's.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of these is a profession?
a) lunch
b) leisure
c) law
d) laughter
Show answer
c) law
2. 'She is a doctor by profession' means ____.
a) she dislikes doctors
b) she wants to be a doctor
c) being a doctor is her job
d) she is a patient
Show answer
c) being a doctor is her job
