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PROFESSIONALIZE
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they professionalize ... he / she / it professionalizes
Past simple: professionalized
Past participle: professionalized
-ing form: professionalizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make professional or give a professional character to
Example:
Philosophy has not always been professionalized and used to be a subject pursued only by amateurs
Synonyms:
professionalise; professionalize
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "professionalize" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Verb group:
professionalise; professionalize (become professional or proceed in a professional manner or in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
professionalization (the social process whereby people come to engage in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Become professional or proceed in a professional manner or in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood
Synonyms:
professionalise; professionalize
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "professionalize" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Verb group:
professionalise; professionalize (make professional or give a professional character to)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
professionalization (the social process whereby people come to engage in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood)