"professionalize" meaning in English

See professionalize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: professionalizes [present, singular, third-person], professionalizing [participle, present], professionalized [participle, past], professionalized [past], professionalise [alternative]
Etymology: Etymology tree English professional Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English professionalize From professional + -ize. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|professional|-ize|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English professional Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English professionalize [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "verbal", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-id-", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yéti", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-idyéti", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*-íďďō", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-ῐ́ζω", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Late Latin", "term" : "-izō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la-lat" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle French", "term" : "-iser", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "frm" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-isen", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ize", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "professionalize", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="professionalize"> From professional + -ize. Head templates: {{en-verb}} professionalize (third-person singular simple present professionalizes, present participle professionalizing, simple past and past participle professionalized)
  1. (transitive) To make something professional. Tags: transitive Translations (make something professional): прафесіяналізава́ць (prafjesijanalizaváć) (Belarusian), професионализирам (profesionaliziram) (Bulgarian), professionalitzar (Catalan), profesionalizovat (Czech), professionalisere (Danish), professionaliseren (Dutch), profesiigi (Esperanto), professionnaliser (French), profesionalizar (Galician), professionalisieren (German), professionalizzare (Italian), profesjonalisere (Norwegian), profesjonalizować (Polish), profissionalizar (Portuguese), profesionaliza (Romanian), профессионализи́ровать (professionalizírovat') (Russian), профессионализова́ть (professionalizovát') (Russian), profesionalizovať (Slovak), profesionalizar (Spanish), professionalisera (Swedish), професіоналізува́ти (profesionalizuváty) (Ukrainian), proffesiynoli (Welsh)
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  2. (transitive) To advance an occupation to the level of a profession. Tags: transitive
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: professionalizer, reprofessionalize Related terms: professionalization

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  ],
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        "To make something professional."
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        "(transitive) To make something professional."
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "lang_code": "be",
      "roman": "prafjesijanalizaváć",
      "sense": "make something professional",
      "word": "прафесіяналізава́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "profesionaliziram",
      "sense": "make something professional",
      "word": "професионализирам"
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "sense": "make something professional",
      "word": "professionalitzar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "make something professional",
      "word": "profesionalizovat"
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    {
      "code": "da",
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      "lang_code": "da",
      "sense": "make something professional",
      "word": "professionalisere"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "make something professional",
      "word": "professionaliseren"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
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      "lang_code": "eo",
      "sense": "make something professional",
      "word": "profesiigi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
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      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "make something professional",
      "word": "professionnaliser"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "sense": "make something professional",
      "word": "profesionalizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "make something professional",
      "word": "professionalisieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "make something professional",
      "word": "professionalizzare"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "lang_code": "no",
      "sense": "make something professional",
      "word": "profesjonalisere"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "make something professional",
      "word": "profesjonalizować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "make something professional",
      "word": "profissionalizar"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "sense": "make something professional",
      "word": "profesionaliza"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "professionalizírovat'",
      "sense": "make something professional",
      "word": "профессионализи́ровать"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "professionalizovát'",
      "sense": "make something professional",
      "word": "профессионализова́ть"
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    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "lang_code": "sk",
      "sense": "make something professional",
      "word": "profesionalizovať"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "make something professional",
      "word": "profesionalizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "make something professional",
      "word": "professionalisera"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "profesionalizuváty",
      "sense": "make something professional",
      "word": "професіоналізува́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "lang_code": "cy",
      "sense": "make something professional",
      "word": "proffesiynoli"
    }
  ],
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}

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