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professionalize

verb professionalizes · professionalizing · professionalized · professionalise

  1. transitive To make something professional.
  2. transitive To advance an occupation to the level of a profession.

Opposite: deprofessionalize, unprofessionalize

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verb

Opposite: deprofessionalize, unprofessionalize

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verb make something professional

Españolprofesionalizar
Portuguêsprofissionalizar
Françaisprofessionnaliser
Deutschprofessionalisieren
Italianoprofessionalizzare
Românăprofesionaliza
Русскийпрофессионализи́ровать professionalizírovat', профессионализова́ть professionalizovát'

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@misc{professionalize_2026,
  title = {professionalize},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/professionalize},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}