professionalize, v.
(professionalized, professionalizes, professionalizing)
(professionalized, professionalizes, professionalizing)
make professional or give a professional character to
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professionalise professionalize
sample sentences
"Philosophy has not always been professionalized and used to be a subject pursued only by amateurs"verb frames
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derivationally related form
become professional or proceed in a professional manner or in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood
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professionalise professionalize
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derivationally related form