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PROFESSIONALIZE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

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)

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