PROF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does prof mean? 

• PROF (noun)
  The noun PROF has 1 sense:

1. someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university

  Familiarity information: PROF used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROF (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

prof; professor

Hypernyms ("prof" is a kind of...):

academic; academician; faculty member (an educator who works at a college or university)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "prof"):

assistant professor (a teacher or lower rank than an associate professor)

associate professor (a teacher lower in rank than a full professor but higher than an assistant professor)

full professor (a professor of the highest rank)

Regius professor (holder of a British professorship created by a royal patron)

visiting professor (a professor visiting another college or university to teach for a limited time)

Holonyms ("prof" is a member of...):

faculty; staff (the body of teachers and administrators at a school)

 Context examples 

Prof Pillai added: Given the problems of obesity and illnesses directly linked to unhealthy eating habits, the direct effect of nutrition involvement on dietary behaviours demonstrated in this study underscores the importance of investing in efforts to promote nutrition involvement from a public health policy perspective.

(People with Positive Attitude More Likely to Eat Healthily, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)