prof

Everyday

1. Informal short form of «professor»: a teacher of the highest rank at a university. tree →
2. Prof.: written short form used as a title before a name (Prof. Jane Smith). tree →

In the lessons

In stories and films, «the Prof» is often a nickname for a clever scientist or inventor character. Real professors teach and do research at universities. In school children rarely use the word; it is informal or a written short form.

Examples

• Prof. Ada Smith is an expert on insects. tree →
• The students asked their prof for help. tree →
• In the cartoon, everyone called the inventor «the Prof». tree →
• A professor teaches at a university. tree →
• My aunt is a prof of chemistry. tree →
• The prof showed the class a robot she had built. tree →

Note

«Prof» is informal; in writing a title it is «Prof.» (often with a full stop) and «Professor» in full is more polite. In the USA, «professor» is used for many university teachers; in the UK, Ireland and Australia it is only for the most senior ones.

In Jewish tradition

In stories and films, «the Prof» is often a nickname for a clever scientist or inventor character. Real professors teach and do research at universities. In school children rarely use the word; it is informal or a written short form.

Examples

• Tenneman's "Grundriss der Geschichte der Philosophie," improved by Prof. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
• The Ninth Path is the Pure intelligence so called because it purifies the Numerations, it proves and corrects the designing of their representation, and disposes their unity with which they are combined without diminution or division. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) tree →
• Broyde, Miss Henrietta S z o 1 d, Prof. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →

Note

«Prof» is informal; in writing a title it is «Prof.» (often with a full stop) and «Professor» in full is more polite. In the USA, «professor» is used for many university teachers; in the UK, Ireland and Australia it is only for the most senior ones.