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semi-professional

sem·i-pro·fes·sion·al
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [sem-ee, sem-ahy pruh-fesh-uh-nl]
    • /ˈsɛm i, ˈsɛm aɪ prəˈfɛʃ ə nl/
    • /ˈsem.i prəˈfeʃənl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [sem-ee, sem-ahy pruh-fesh-uh-nl]
    • /ˈsɛm i, ˈsɛm aɪ prəˈfɛʃ ə nl/

Definitions of semi-professional word

  • adjective semi-professional actively engaged in some field or sport for pay but on a part-time basis: semiprofessional baseball players. 1
  • adjective semi-professional engaged in by paid, part-time people: semiprofessional football. 1
  • adjective semi-professional having some features of professional work but requiring less knowledge, skill, and judgment: a semiprofessional job. 1
  • noun semi-professional a person who is active in some field or sport for pay on a part-time basis. 1
  • adjective semi-professional Semi-professional sports players, musicians, and singers receive some money for playing their sport or for performing but they also have an ordinary job as well. 0
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Origin of semi-professional

First appearance:

before 1895
One of the 18% newest English words
First recorded in 1895-1900; semi- + professional

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Parts of speech for Semi-professional

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Semi-professional

semi-professional popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 48% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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