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profess

[prə'fes] брит. / амер.

гл.

  1. открыто признавать(ся), заявлять; утверждать, подтверждать

    1. изображать, притворяться, делать вид

    2. претендовать (на учёность и т. п.)

  2. исповедовать (веру)

  3. заниматься какой-л. деятельностью, избрать своей профессией

    1. обучать; преподавать

    2. выполнять преподавательские функции

    1. обычно страд. принимать в религиозный орден

    2. вступать в религиозный орден; принимать монашеский сан

Examples from texts

Nay, nay - rise - do not kneel - it is for your sovereign to kneel to thee, Alice, to whom he is a thousand times more devoted than the wanderer Louis dared venture to profess himself.
Нет, нет, встаньте, не преклоняйте колена… Это ваш государь должен стоять перед вами на коленях, Алиса… Он предан вам в тысячу раз больше, чем это посмел бы выразить скиталец Луи.
Scott, Walter / WoodstockСкотт, Вальтер / Вудсток
Вудсток
Скотт, Вальтер
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1965
Woodstock
Scott, Walter
© BiblioBazaar, LLC
'Tis a rare wench! and I profess, to use the Colonel's obtestation, that I know not whether to forgive and be friends with her, or study a dire revenge.
Редкая девушка!И, если употребить выражение полковника, я уверяю, что не могу решить, простить ли ее и стать ей другом или придумать страшную месть.
Scott, Walter / WoodstockСкотт, Вальтер / Вудсток
Вудсток
Скотт, Вальтер
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1965
Woodstock
Scott, Walter
© BiblioBazaar, LLC
You may profess to be a bumpkin, but you surely don't act the part.
Ты можешь сколько угодно прикидываться деревенской простушкой, но у тебя это не очень хорошо выходит.
De Lint, Charles / The Riddle of the WrenДе Линт, Чарльз / Загадка поющих камней
Загадка поющих камней
Де Линт, Чарльз
The Riddle of the Wren
De Lint, Charles
© 1984 by Charles de Lint
Believe me, the life of every woman, whatever she may profess, is nothing but a perpetual search for some one to submit to ...
Поверь, жизнь всякой женщины, что бы она там ни проповедовала, это - вечное искание, кому бы подчиниться...
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / A Raw YouthДостоевский, Фёдор / Подросток
Подросток
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Советская Россия", 1979
A Raw Youth
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
But if a man is poor and doesn't profess to believe in what some of them scarcely believe themselves, they wouldn't lift a finger to help him against the ignorance of their followers.
Но если человек беден и не заявляет во всеуслышание о своей вере в то, во что они сами едва ли верят, тогда они и мизинцем не шевельнут, чтобы помочь ему в борьбе с невежеством их последователей.
Wells, Herbert George / Love and Mr. LewishamУэллс, Герберт / Любовь и мистер Люишем
Любовь и мистер Люишем
Уэллс, Герберт
© Издательство "Правда", 1964
Love and Mr. Lewisham
Wells, Herbert George
© 1899 by Frederick A. Stokes Company
For one cannot profess the theoretical principles of the “great teacher” and deduce Bakuninism or Blanquism from them in practice.
Ведь нельзя же признавать теоретические положения «великого учителя» и умозаключать от них к бакунизму или бланкизму на практике.
Плеханов, Г. В. / Наши разногласия. Письмо к П. Л. ЛавровуPlekhanov, G. V. / Our Differences. Letter to P. L. Lavrov
Our Differences. Letter to P. L. Lavrov
Plekhanov, G. V.
Наши разногласия. Письмо к П. Л. Лаврову
Плеханов, Г. В.
© Государственное издательство политической литературы, 1949 г.
I have never been in the way of learning compliments myself, and I don’t profess to understand the art of paying ’em. In fact, despise ’em.
Я лично никогда этому делу не обучался; комплименты не по моей части — скажу прямо, терпеть их не могу.
Dickens, Charles / Hard TimesДиккенс, Чарльз / Тяжелые времена
Тяжелые времена
Диккенс, Чарльз
© Государаственное издательство художественной литературы, 1960
Hard Times
Dickens, Charles
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995
"In anything that other people deride and despise you invariably profess to see something extraordinarily good!" Varenika was saying in her clear voice, as she articulated each syllable with careful precision.
- Ты всегда стараешься видеть в том, над чем другие смеются и что все презирают, - говорила Варенька своим звучным голосом и отчетливо выговаривая каждую букву, - ты именно во всем этом стараешься находить что-нибудь необыкновенно хорошее.
Толстой, Л.Н. / ЮностьTolstoy, Leo / Youth
Youth
Tolstoy, Leo
© BiblioBazaar, LLC
Юность
Толстой, Л.Н.
© Издательство "Правда", 1987
Did not that dog use to speak ill of me, and profess to hate me?
Разве этот пес не имел обыкновения дурно обо мне отзываться и разве он не признался, что ненавидит меня?
Swift, Jonathan / Journal to StellaСвифт, Джонатан / Письма к Стелле
Письма к Стелле
Свифт, Джонатан
© Издательство "Наука", 1981
Journal to Stella
Swift, Jonathan
© BiblioLife, LLC
"I am convinced," said Edward, "that you really feel all the delight in a fine prospect which you profess to feel.
— Я убежден, — ответил Эдвард, — что красивый вид действительно вызывает в вас тот восторг, который вы выражаете.
Austen, Jane / Sense and SensibilityОстин, Джейн / Чувство и чувствительность
Чувство и чувствительность
Остин, Джейн
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1988
Sense and Sensibility
Austen, Jane
© Cambridge University Press 2006
The Marxism which I profess at present is consequently but a purgatory th rough which my socialist soul must pass to obtain final rest in the lap of Blanquism.
Проповедуемый мною в настоящее время марксизм представляет собою, следовательно, лишь чистилище, через которое должна пройти моя социалистическая душа для окончательного успокоения в лоне бланкизма.
Плеханов, Г. В. / Наши разногласия. Письмо к П. Л. ЛавровуPlekhanov, G. V. / Our Differences. Letter to P. L. Lavrov
Our Differences. Letter to P. L. Lavrov
Plekhanov, G. V.
Наши разногласия. Письмо к П. Л. Лаврову
Плеханов, Г. В.
© Государственное издательство политической литературы, 1949 г.
The followers of Proudhon profess political abstention and advise that it should be pursued right up to “the day after the revolution”.
Последователи Прудона проповедуют политическое воздержание и советуют следовать ему вплоть «до другого дня после революции».
Плеханов, Г. В. / Наши разногласия. Письмо к П. Л. ЛавровуPlekhanov, G. V. / Our Differences. Letter to P. L. Lavrov
Our Differences. Letter to P. L. Lavrov
Plekhanov, G. V.
Наши разногласия. Письмо к П. Л. Лаврову
Плеханов, Г. В.
© Государственное издательство политической литературы, 1949 г.
Though we profess to break away from limitations, the reality is comfort in conformity.
Хотя мы созданы для того, чтобы освободиться от ограничений, наша реальность основана на комфорте и согласии.
Butler-Bowdon, Tom / 50 self-help classics : 50 inspirational books to transform your lifeБатлер-Боудон, Том / 50 книг и великих идей, которые помогут вам изменить свою жизнь
50 книг и великих идей, которые помогут вам изменить свою жизнь
Батлер-Боудон, Том
50 self-help classics : 50 inspirational books to transform your life
Butler-Bowdon, Tom
© Tom Butler-Bowdon 2003
I profess to you that a man may as well live in Fairyland as in the Ward of Farringdon-Without.
Признаться, порой мне кажется, что я живу в какой-то сказочной стране, а не в Фэррингдоне.
Scott, Walter / The Fortunes of NigelСкотт, Вальтер / Приключения Найджела
Приключения Найджела
Скотт, Вальтер
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1964
The Fortunes of Nigel
Scott, Walter
© BiblioBazaar, LLC
- Lack-a-day! a great mercy - a glorifying mercy - a crowning mercy - a vouchsafing - an uplifting - I profess the malignants are scattered from Dan to Beersheba - smitten, hip and thigh, even until the going down of the sun!"
Чудесные новости! Великая удача… Ослепительная удача… Завершающая удача.., достойная, возвышающая. Уверен, что злодеи рассеяны от Дана до Вирсавии.., разбиты наголову на веки веков.
Scott, Walter / WoodstockСкотт, Вальтер / Вудсток
Вудсток
Скотт, Вальтер
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1965
Woodstock
Scott, Walter
© BiblioBazaar, LLC

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prə'fesVerbоткрыто признавать(ся); заявлять; утверждать; подтверждатьExamples

Galileo professed that in the moon there is no rain. — Галилей заявлял, что на Луне не бывает дождя.

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Collocations

to profess
исповедовать
right to profess or not to profess any religion
право исповедовать любую религию или не исповедовать никакой
freedom to profess one's religion
свобода исповедовать религию

Word forms

profess

verb
Basic forms
Pastprofessed
Imperativeprofess
Present Participle (Participle I)professing
Past Participle (Participle II)professed
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I professwe profess
you professyou profess
he/she/it professesthey profess
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am professingwe are professing
you are professingyou are professing
he/she/it is professingthey are professing
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have professedwe have professed
you have professedyou have professed
he/she/it has professedthey have professed
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been professingwe have been professing
you have been professingyou have been professing
he/she/it has been professingthey have been professing
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I professedwe professed
you professedyou professed
he/she/it professedthey professed
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was professingwe were professing
you were professingyou were professing
he/she/it was professingthey were professing
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had professedwe had professed
you had professedyou had professed
he/she/it had professedthey had professed
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been professingwe had been professing
you had been professingyou had been professing
he/she/it had been professingthey had been professing
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will professwe shall/will profess
you will professyou will profess
he/she/it will professthey will profess
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be professingwe shall/will be professing
you will be professingyou will be professing
he/she/it will be professingthey will be professing
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have professedwe shall/will have professed
you will have professedyou will have professed
he/she/it will have professedthey will have professed
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been professingwe shall/will have been professing
you will have been professingyou will have been professing
he/she/it will have been professingthey will have been professing
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would professwe should/would profess
you would professyou would profess
he/she/it would professthey would profess
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be professingwe should/would be professing
you would be professingyou would be professing
he/she/it would be professingthey would be professing
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have professedwe should/would have professed
you would have professedyou would have professed
he/she/it would have professedthey would have professed
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been professingwe should/would have been professing
you would have been professingyou would have been professing
he/she/it would have been professingthey would have been professing
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am professedwe are professed
you are professedyou are professed
he/she/it is professedthey are professed
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being professedwe are being professed
you are being professedyou are being professed
he/she/it is being professedthey are being professed
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been professedwe have been professed
you have been professedyou have been professed
he/she/it has been professedthey have been professed
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was professedwe were professed
you were professedyou were professed
he/she/it was professedthey were professed
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being professedwe were being professed
you were being professedyou were being professed
he/she/it was being professedthey were being professed
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been professedwe had been professed
you had been professedyou had been professed
he/she/it had been professedthey had been professed
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be professedwe shall/will be professed
you will be professedyou will be professed
he/she/it will be professedthey will be professed
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been professedwe shall/will have been professed
you will have been professedyou will have been professed
he/she/it will have been professedthey will have been professed