professoring

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noun

Acting as a professor.

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Meanings

nounprofessoring (uncountable)
  1. uncountableActing as a professor.

    As an occupation, especially when compared to others within organizations, university professoring is unusually free of constraints, opening out to a broad span of personal possibilities.

    1981, Van Cleve Morris, Deaning, Middle Management in Academe

Origin

From professor + -ing.

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APA

professoring. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/professoring

MLA

“professoring.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/professoring. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “professoring,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/professoring.

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