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