different between authority vs professional
authority
English
Alternative forms
- authourity, authoritie, autority, auctoritie (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English auctorite, autorite (“authority, book or quotation that settles an argument”), from Old French auctorité, from Latin stem of auct?rit?s (“invention, advice, opinion, influence, command”), from auctor (“master, leader, author”). For the presence of the h, compare the etymology of author.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /???????ti/, /???????ti/
- (US) IPA(key): /??????ti/, /??????ti/
- (obsolete) IPA(key): /???t???ti/
- Hyphenation: au?thor?i?ty
- Rhymes: -???ti
Noun
authority (countable and uncountable, plural authorities)
- (uncountable) The power to enforce rules or give orders.
- 1883, Howard Pyle, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood Chapter V
- But in the meantime Robin Hood and his band lived quietly in Sherwood Forest, without showing their faces abroad, for Robin knew that it would not be wise for him to be seen in the neighborhood of Nottingham, those in authority being very wroth with him.
- 1883, Howard Pyle, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood Chapter V
- (used in singular or plural form) Persons in command; specifically, government.
- (countable) A person accepted as a source of reliable information on a subject.
- 1930 September 18, Albert Einstein, as quoted in Albert Einstein: Creator and Rebel (1988) by Banesh Hoffman
- To punish me for my contempt of authority, Fate has made me an authority myself.
- 1930 September 18, Albert Einstein, as quoted in Albert Einstein: Creator and Rebel (1988) by Banesh Hoffman
- Government-owned agency which runs a revenue-generating activity.
- New York Port Authority
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See also
- have something on good authority
References
- authority at OneLook Dictionary Search
- authority in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- authority in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
authority From the web:
- what authority does luther claim to have
- what authority does the president have
- what authority does the queen of england have
- what authority does the supreme court have
- what authority does the border patrol have
- what authority do firefighters have
- what authority does the cdc have
- what authority does loss prevention have
professional
English
Etymology
profession +? -al
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p???f???n?l/
Noun
professional (plural professionals)
- A person who belongs to a profession
- A person who earns their living from a specified activity
- A reputation known by name
- An expert.
- 1934, Rex Stout, Fer-de-Lance, 1992 Bantam edition, ?ISBN, page 97:
- I have learned that there is a person attached to a golf club called a professional. Find out who fills that post at the Green Meadow Club; […] invite the professional, urgently, to dine with us this evening.
- 1934, Rex Stout, Fer-de-Lance, 1992 Bantam edition, ?ISBN, page 97:
Derived terms
- non-professional, nonprofessional
- pseudo-professional, pseudoprofessional
- semi-professional, semiprofessional
- super professional, super-professional, superprofessional
Translations
Adjective
professional (comparative more professional, superlative most professional)
- Of, pertaining to, or in accordance with the (usually high) standards of a profession.
- His forefathers had been, as a rule, professional men—physicians and lawyers; his grandfather died under the walls of Chapultepec Castle while twisting a tourniquet for a cursing dragoon; an uncle remained indefinitely at Malvern Hill; […].
- That is carried out for money, especially as a livelihood.
- (by extension) Expert.
Derived terms
- non-professional, nonprofessional
- professionalism
- pseudo-professional, pseudoprofessional
- semi-professional, semiprofessional
- unprofessional
Translations
Catalan
Etymology
professió +? -al
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /p?o.f?.si.o?nal/
- (Central) IPA(key): /p?u.f?.si.u?nal/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /p?o.fe.si.o?nal/
- Rhymes: -al
Adjective
professional (masculine and feminine plural professionals)
- professional
Derived terms
- professionalisme
- professionalment
Noun
professional m or f (plural professionals)
- professional
Further reading
- “professional” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “professional” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “professional” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “professional” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Dutch
Etymology
From English professional.
Pronunciation
Noun
professional m (plural professionals)
- a professional practicioner of a trade, métier...
- an expert in a (professional) field
Related terms
- professionalism n
professional From the web:
- what professional sport pays the most
- what professional sports are on today
- what professionalism means to you
- what professional wrestler died in the ring
- what professional sports teams are in nashville
- what professional sports teams are in tennessee
- what professional sports play in august
- what professionalism means
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