"professionalize" meaning in All languages combined

See professionalize on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: professionalizes [present, singular, third-person], professionalizing [participle, present], professionalized [participle, past], professionalized [past]
Etymology: From professional + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|professional|ize}} professional + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} professionalize (third-person singular simple present professionalizes, present participle professionalizing, simple past and past participle professionalized)
  1. To make something professional Translations (make something professional): professionalitzar (Catalan), professionnaliser (French), profesionalizar (Galician), professionalisieren (German), professionalizzare (Italian), profissionalizar (Portuguese), profesionalizovať (Slovak), profesionalizar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-professionalize-en-verb-lrQFaKiw Categories (other): Terms with Slovak translations Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of 'make something professional': 96 4
  2. To advance an occupation to the level of a profession.
    Sense id: en-professionalize-en-verb-0~4w~8JP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 63 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 37 63 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 35 65 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 20 80
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: professionalise Related terms: professionalization

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "unprofessionalize"
    },
    {
      "word": "deprofessionalize"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "professional",
        "3": "ize"
      },
      "expansion": "professional + -ize",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From professional + -ize.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "professionalizes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "professionalizing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "professionalized",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "professionalized",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "professionalize (third-person singular simple present professionalizes, present participle professionalizing, simple past and past participle professionalized)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "professionalization"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Slovak translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make something professional"
      ],
      "id": "en-professionalize-en-verb-lrQFaKiw",
      "links": [
        [
          "professional",
          "professional"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "make something professional",
          "word": "professionalitzar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "make something professional",
          "word": "professionnaliser"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "make something professional",
          "word": "profesionalizar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "make something professional",
          "word": "professionalisieren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "make something professional",
          "word": "professionalizzare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "make something professional",
          "word": "profissionalizar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "make something professional",
          "word": "profesionalizovať"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "make something professional",
          "word": "profesionalizar"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "37 63",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 63",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ize",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 65",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 70",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 77",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 62",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Catalan translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 73",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with French translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 62",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Galician translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 73",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with German translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 78",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Italian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "42 58",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Slovak translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 80",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To advance an occupation to the level of a profession."
      ],
      "id": "en-professionalize-en-verb-0~4w~8JP",
      "links": [
        [
          "occupation",
          "occupation"
        ],
        [
          "profession",
          "profession"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "professionalise"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "professionalization"
  ],
  "word": "professionalize"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "unprofessionalize"
    },
    {
      "word": "deprofessionalize"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms suffixed with -ize",
    "English verbs",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Slovak translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "professional",
        "3": "ize"
      },
      "expansion": "professional + -ize",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From professional + -ize.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "professionalizes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "professionalizing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "professionalized",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "professionalized",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "professionalize (third-person singular simple present professionalizes, present participle professionalizing, simple past and past participle professionalized)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "professionalization"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To make something professional"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "professional",
          "professional"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To advance an occupation to the level of a profession."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "occupation",
          "occupation"
        ],
        [
          "profession",
          "profession"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "professionalise"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "make something professional",
      "word": "professionalitzar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "make something professional",
      "word": "professionnaliser"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "make something professional",
      "word": "profesionalizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "make something professional",
      "word": "professionalisieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "make something professional",
      "word": "professionalizzare"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "make something professional",
      "word": "profissionalizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "make something professional",
      "word": "profesionalizovať"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "make something professional",
      "word": "profesionalizar"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "professionalization"
  ],
  "word": "professionalize"
}

Download raw JSONL data for professionalize meaning in All languages combined (2.5kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-20 using wiktextract (c15a5ce and 5c11237). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.