professional association

collocation in English

meaningsofprofessionalandassociation

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professional
adjective
uk
/prəˈfeʃ.ən.əl/us
/prəˈfeʃ.ən.əl/
relating to work that needs special training ...
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association
noun
uk
/əˌsəʊ.siˈeɪ.ʃən/us
/əˌsoʊ.siˈeɪ.ʃən/
a group of people who work together in a single organization for a ...
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(Definition ofprofessionalandassociationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofprofessional association

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I included community groups; religious groups; a trade union; aprofessionalassociationor farmers' co-operative.
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Coding 1 if recommendation from one or more of the following: superior, colleague,professionalassociation; 0 if otherwise.
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A central aspect of their policy was a common database, maintained by theprofessionalassociationof life insurance companies.
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It is aprofessionalassociation.
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Theprofessionalassociationis for negotiation.
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Theprofessionalassociationis a curious concept.
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That is not the onlyprofessionalassociationconcerned.
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But to the extent that this function is to promote what it takes to be a professional, this is consistent with theprofessionalassociationfunction.
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Despite its lack of an identifiableprofessionalassociation, criticism as a profession did (and still does) create an economic incentive for its practitioners that had not existed before.
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I suppose that it is easy to confuse aprofessionalassociationwith a magazine.
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I have a long-standing engagement at 7.30 with aprofessionalassociation.
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Sometimes, people will not live up to the standards of aprofessionalassociation.
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The other is the relation of a union to aprofessionalassociation.
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The regulations do not require the auditors to be members of aprofessionalassociation.
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It is desirable that a person should have the support of aprofessionalassociationmember.
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There was noprofessionalassociation, trade union or any other organisation to help him.
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They say that there is a fundamental difference between aprofessionalassociationand a trade union.
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I appreciate his knowledge of the subject from hisprofessionalassociationwith that court.
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Every local authority andprofessionalassociationis saying that it will not work.
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Theprofessionalassociationsuggests that independent children's homes are facing a fourfold increase in stamp duty.
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In favour of theprofessionalassociationand the pre-entry closed shop is self-regulation.
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Is this going to be a matter for an outside body or aprofessionalassociation?
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If a lawyer will not belong to the requisiteprofessionalassociation, he can lose his livelihood.
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Many retire because it is the rule of theirprofessionalassociationor trade union.
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What objection is there to getting proper information from the accreditedprofessionalassociation?
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