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    PROFESSIONALIZE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they professionalize  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it professionalizes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: professionalized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: professionalized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: professionalizing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Make professional or give a professional character toplay

    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 livelihoodplay

    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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