professionalize | ||
1. | [ verb ] become professional or proceed in a professional manner or in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood | |
Synonyms: | professionalise | |
Related terms: | change professionalise | |
2. | [ verb ] make professional or give a professional character to | |
Synonyms: | professionalise | |
Examples: | "Philosophy has not always been professionalized and used to be a subject pursued only by amateurs" |
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Related terms: | change professionalise professionalisation | |
Similar spelling: |
professional professionalise professional_life professionalism professionally professional_golf professorial professorship |