pro-, por-

1. With pretense or intention to deceive: "He is only professedly poor which is not the truth."
2. By an open declaration.

1. An occupation that requires extensive education or specialized training and/or experience.
2. The members of a particular occupation.
3. A declaration of belief in a religion or faith.

1. Engaged in an occupation as a paid job rather than as a hobby.
2. Showing a high degree of skill or competence.

An entertainer whose act consists of swallowing and regurgitating a variety of items: "Professional regurgitators sometimes include magicians who perform regurgitation exclusively with objects that include anything from live animals (live mice), to light bulbs, billiard balls, etc."

1. The skill, competence, or character expected of a member of a highly trained profession.
2. The use of professionals instead of amateurs.

To make an occupation professional, especially by paying the people who engage in it or improving the conditions or standards of their work.

In a professional manner, or being engaged in a specified activity as one's main paid occupation rather than as a pastime.

To have some advantage; to gain or to benefit financially or otherwise.

Literally, to move forward, to advance.

1. Yielding a profit; advantageous or lucrative.
2. Of some use, benefit, or advantage to someone.

The quality of affording gain or benefit or profit.

1. In a productive way.
2. Beneficial; useful.

1. A term that is applied to practices or documents that are done as a pure formality or which seek to satisfy the minimum requirements or to conform to a convention or doctrine.
2. According to form; such as, a matter of form; for the sake of form.

1. Very great, strong, or intense: "He had a profound effect on his audience."
2. Showing great perception, understanding, or knowledge: "As young as she is, she has profound insight into the potential of technology."
3. Containing far-reaching ideas, or essential wisdom and experience, that usually require serious thought to be fully appreciated.
4. Etymology: "characterized by intellectual depth", from Old French profund (about 1175), from Latin profundus, "deep, bottomless, vast"; also, "obscure, profound", from pro-, "forth" plus fundus, "bottom".

1. Expressed at length, many times, and in many words: "She received profuse apologies when her friend forgot to call her on the phone."
2. Giving something freely and lavishly or extravagantly: "They were profuse in their thanks for the emergency loan."
3. Occurring or appearing in large amounts: "There was profuse sweating during the hot and muggy summer day."
4. Etymology: from Latin profusus, "spread out, lavish, extravagant"; literally, "poured forth" from profundere, "to pour forth"; from pro-, "forth" + fundere, "to pour".

In great quantity or abundance; in a profuse manner: "She was bleeding profusely when she was brought to the hospital."