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