respective profession

collocation in English

meaningsofrespectiveandprofession

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respective
adjective[before noun]
uk
/rɪˈspek.tɪv/us
/rɪˈspek.tɪv/
relating or belonging to each of the separate people or things you have ...
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profession
noun
uk
/prəˈfeʃ.ən/us
/prəˈfeʃ.ən/
any type of work that needs special training or a particular skill, often one that is respected because it involves a high level ...
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(Definition ofrespectiveandprofessionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofrespective profession

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Others were qualified for service in therespectiveprofessionwhich they had chosen.
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The award is aimed at recognising alumni who have excelled in theirrespectiveprofessionand thereby contribute to the school's legacy and enhance the morale of its students.
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But while the former were not the least constrained to keep within the bounds of their respective professions in their pursuit of erudition, divines were.
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Outcome-based competencies were used together with other strategies to progress students' learning through successive levels with the aim of developing essential and desirable attributes of the respective professions.
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More than another third are fulfilled and productive people in their respective professions.
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It is expected that the staff of the secure training centre will be multi-disciplinary with the appropriate qualifications necessary for their respective professions.
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More than another third are fulfilled and productive people in their respective professions, and many are very notably so.
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Our respective professions do not think that that is good enough, nor does the man in the street.
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The number of practising members of our respective professions stands at about 40,000 as compared with about 5,000 in the past.
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They constitute the type of research that members of the respective professions consider reliable.
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All of the universitys programs have earned appropriate professional accreditation (if such accreditation exists), and are recognized by their respective professions.
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All are leaders in their respective professions, and their work is well published in the media and professional design journals.
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Each of them had to teach one housemate some skills from their respective professions.
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Some were high-ranking officials in their respective professions and settled well in their lives.
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A year level with four men who have climbed to the top of their respective professions.
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They collaborated frequently in their respective professions.
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As a result of most of the participating players being amateurs and needing to request leave from their respective professions it was decided to cancel the tournament.
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