PROFESSIONALISE
Dictionary entry overview: What does professionalise mean?
• PROFESSIONALISE (verb)
The verb PROFESSIONALISE has 2 senses:
1. become professional or proceed in a professional manner or in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood
2. make professional or give a professional character to
Familiarity information: PROFESSIONALISE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PROFESSIONALISE (verb)
Meaning:
Become professional or proceed in a professional manner or in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
professionalise; professionalize
Hypernyms (to "professionalise" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Make professional or give a professional character to
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
professionalise; professionalize
Context example:
Philosophy has not always been professionalized and used to be a subject pursued only by amateurs
Hypernyms (to "professionalise" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something