🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

associação profissional

Pronunciation / Transliteration: a.so.si.aˈsɐ̃w pɾo.fi.si.oˈnaw

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Professional association/prəˈfɛʃ.ən.əl əˌsoʊ.siˈeɪ.ʃən/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A associação profissional estabelece normas para a prática."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A nonprofit organization seeking to further a particular profession, the interests of individuals engaged in that profession, and the public interest.

    "She joined the national professional association for civil engineers to network with industry leaders."
  2. 2

    An organized body of people pursuing a common calling or trade, often setting ethical standards and providing certification.

    "The professional association enforces a strict code of ethics among all its certified members."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'professional' from Latin 'professus' (publicly declared) and Middle French 'profession', with 'association' from Late Latin 'associatio' (joining together). It emerged in the 19th century during the industrialization era to describe formal organizations established to protect and promote the interests of practitioners in a specific occupation.

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