ಅರ್ಥ : Practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about.
ಉದಾಹರಣೆ :
She professes organic chemistry.
ಅರ್ಥ : Confess one's faith in, or allegiance to.
ಉದಾಹರಣೆ :
The terrorists professed allegiance to their country.
He professes to be a Communist.
ಅರ್ಥ : State freely.
ಉದಾಹರಣೆ :
The teacher professed that he was not generous when it came to giving good grades.
ಅರ್ಥ : Receive into a religious order or congregation.
ಅರ್ಥ : Take vows, as in religious order.
ಉದಾಹರಣೆ :
She professed herself as a nun.
ಅರ್ಥ : State insincerely.
ಉದಾಹರಣೆ :
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.
ಸಮಾನಾರ್ಥಕ : pretend