professional
US
/prəˈfɛʃənəl/
UK
/prəˈfɛʃənəl/
Meaning
Showing skill, good judgment, and appropriate behavior in a work-related situation.
काम से जुड़ी स्थिति में कुशलता, समझदारी और उचित व्यवहार दिखाने वाला।
Examples
“Please keep your tone professional during the client call.”
“The designer delivered a professional report before the deadline.”
“Her professionalism helped resolve the disagreement calmly.”
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Not natural: She handled the complaint very professional.
Better: She handled the complaint very professionally.
Use the adverb professionally to describe how she handled the complaint.
यहाँ handled काम करने का तरीका बता रहा है, इसलिए adjective professional नहीं, adverb professionally चाहिए।
Not natural: He is a professional attitude.
Better: He has a professional attitude.
Professional describes the noun attitude; a person has an attitude, rather than being one.
Professional, attitude की quality बताता है। किसी व्यक्ति के पास attitude होता है, वह खुद attitude नहीं होता।
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Use professional before a noun, as in professional conduct; use professionally to describe how someone acts.
Professional को noun से पहले लगाएँ, जैसे professional conduct; किसी के काम करने का तरीका बताने के लिए professionally कहें।