professed
公言した
解説 Definition
professed は profess(公言する、明言する)の過去形・過去分詞で、形容詞としては「公言した、表向きの」という意味です。信念、目的、立場などを自分でそうだと述べている場合に使われます。
Openly stated or claimed as one’s belief, aim, position, or identity. When used before a noun, it may imply that the claim is what someone says publicly, without confirming that it reflects the person’s true motives or behavior.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 profess「公に言明する」に -ed が付いた過去・過去分詞形で、ここでは形容詞として /prəˈfest/ と発音します。professed goal・belief・purpose は「本人や団体がそうだと公言しているもの」。必ずしも本心や事実と一致するとは保証しない「表向きの」という含みも覚えましょう。
Professed comes from profess plus -ed; the ending is pronounced /t/, giving /prəˈfest/. As an adjective, it commonly appears before nouns such as goal, belief, purpose, or loyalty. Link it to the core idea of saying something openly: a professed goal is the goal a person or organization publicly declares. Context may create a slight distance between the claim and reality, so professed can sometimes mean “stated” or “supposed,” without guaranteeing sincerity. Compare declared, which emphasizes a formal statement but does not as naturally suggest this possible gap between words and conduct.
例文
His professed goal was to improve the school.
彼が公言した目標は学校を改善することでした。
She remained loyal to her professed beliefs.
彼女は公言していた信念に忠実であり続けました。
The group's professed purpose was public education.
その団体が公言した目的は公共教育でした。
professed の類義語・関連語
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professed の語源・成り立ち Etymology
professed は profess の過去分詞形で、ラテン語 profiteri「公に言明する」に由来します。pro-「前へ・公に」+ fateri「認める」から成り、語源どおり「内心でなく表立って認めた・公言した」という意味になり、profession や confess が関連語です。
Professed is the past and past-participial form of profess. Profess comes through Old French from Latin profiteri, “to declare publicly,” formed from pro-, meaning “before” or “publicly,” and fateri, “to acknowledge or confess.” The -ed ending creates the English inflected form and is pronounced /t/ here. Its adjectival sense preserves the original public element: a professed belief or purpose is one that has been openly stated or claimed.
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