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semiprofessional

semiprofessional adjective: paid as a professional but on a part-time basis.

Adjective

semiprofessional (not comparable)

  1. Paid as a professional but on a part-time basis.
  2. Of or pertaining to a semiprofession.
  3. Of close to professional standard; prosumer.

Noun

semiprofessional (plural semiprofessionals)

  1. A semiprofessional person.
    • A lot of cameras have optical zoom and high megapixel counts, but Sony ’s new Cyber-shot HX1 has a few features that might even appeal to semiprofessionals.2009 March 12, John Biggs, “Get the Big Picture, or Focus on One Face”, in New York Times

Forms of semiprofessional

Adjective
alternative formsemi-professional
Noun
pluralsemiprofessionals

Origin of semiprofessional

From semi- + professional.

Words formed from semiprofessional

Questions about semiprofessional

What does semiprofessional mean?
Semiprofessional means paid as a professional but on a part-time basis.
What part of speech is semiprofessional?
Semiprofessional can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near semiprofessional in the dictionary

  1. semiproductive
  2. semiproductively
  3. semiproductivity
  4. semiprofane
  5. semiprofession
  6. semiprofessional
  7. semiprofessionalize
  8. semiprofessionalized
  9. semiprofessionalizes
  10. semiprofessionalizing
  11. semiprofessionally

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