distinguished professor
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdistinguishedandprofessor
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distinguished
adjective
uk/dɪˈstɪŋ.ɡwɪʃt/us/dɪˈstɪŋ.ɡwɪʃt/
used to describe a respected and admired person, or ...
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professor
noun[C]
uk/prəˈfes.ər/us/prəˈfes.ɚ/
a teacher of the highest rank in a department of a British university, or a teacher of high rank in an American university ...
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(Definition ofdistinguishedandprofessorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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After a talk given by adistinguishedprofessor, a student from the audience takes a few pictures of the speaker.
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You completely forget a crucial meeting with thedistinguishedprofessorwith whom you are doing an internship.
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Only yesterday, the all-party mental health group held a meeting at which a verydistinguishedprofessorspoke about phobias and how they could be cured.
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If we have adistinguishedprofessoror head of a department, he can, like a footballer, get his transfer, and earn more money.
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They commissioned a report from adistinguishedprofessorfrom the west midlands.
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I had come fresh from the university and from a course in moral philosophy under a verydistinguishedprofessor.
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That is a statement of opinion by adistinguishedprofessor.
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An engineer can be anything from adistinguishedprofessorto a chap mending a car in a garage—all are given the generic term.
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He is a very remarkable man, adistinguishedprofessorof biology.
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I received a letter on this subject from adistinguishedprofessorin a most important department.
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Well, alas, thisdistinguishedprofessordid develop a very grave disease.
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It is an academic matter and the selection of the academics is therefore a matter for thedistinguishedprofessorwho is in charge of the team.
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I have also, in my time, appeared for adistinguishedprofessorwho, on the beach, quite alone, was quietly camping and making his breakfast on his primus stove.
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He is adistinguishedprofessor.
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I was told by adistinguishedprofessorlast week that it was the cut-back in the aircraft industry that brought together the team that has produced the advanced passenger train.
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There was a verydistinguishedprofessorwho made his doctor promise that if he ever suffered from an incurable disease he would give him an injection to end his life.
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In 2001, she was denied a position as the equivalent ofdistinguishedprofessor, in controversial circumstances.
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He was made a full professor the following year, and nameddistinguishedprofessorof applied mathematics and astronomy in 1947.
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He was, in succession, associate professor, professor anddistinguishedprofessorof zoology.
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In addition to helping shape the program's curriculum, he holds the title ofdistinguishedprofessorat the institute.
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