professor

noun

/prəˈfesə(r)/

/prəˈfesər/

(also informal prof)

(abbreviation Prof.)

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(especially British English)
(North American English full professor)
a university teacher of the highest rank
- Professor (Ann) Williams
- professor of something to be appointed professor of economics at Cambridge
- He was made (a) professor at the age of 40.
Full professor is used to describe a rank of university teacher, and not as a title.Topics Educationa2, Jobsa2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- distinguished
- eminent
- respected
- …
preposition
- professor of
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(North American English) a teacher at a university or college
- a university/college professor
- a chemistry/law professor
- professor of something a professor of psychology/political science
- She was my professor when I was a grad student.
Extra Examples
- a research professor at the University of Southern California
- a respected law professor at a prestigious university
- She is a former history professor.
- The report was written by two Harvard professors.
- He is a distinguished professor of law at the University of Illinois.
Topics Educationa2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- distinguished
- eminent
- respected
- …
preposition
- professor of
See full entry

compare assistant professor, associate professor

Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin professor, from profess- ‘declared publicly’, from the verb profiteri, from pro- ‘before’ + fateri ‘confess’.

单词	professor
释义	professor noun /prəˈfesə(r)/ /prəˈfesər/ (also informal prof) (abbreviation Prof.) jump to other results (especially British English) (North American English full professor) a university teacher of the highest rank Professor (Ann) Williams professor of something to be appointed professor of economics at Cambridge He was made (a) professor at the age of 40. Full professor is used to describe a rank of university teacher, and not as a title.Topics Educationa2, Jobsa2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective distinguished eminent respected … preposition professor of See full entry (North American English) a teacher at a university or college a university/college professor a chemistry/law professor professor of something a professor of psychology/political science She was my professor when I was a grad student. Extra Examples a research professor at the University of Southern California a respected law professor at a prestigious university She is a former history professor. The report was written by two Harvard professors. He is a distinguished professor of law at the University of Illinois. Topics Educationa2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective distinguished eminent respected … preposition professor of See full entry compare assistant professor, associate professor Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin professor, from profess- ‘declared publicly’, from the verb profiteri, from pro- ‘before’ + fateri ‘confess’.
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