"professionalize" meaning in English

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          "sense": "make something professional",
          "word": "professionalitzar"
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          "sense": "make something professional",
          "word": "professionnaliser"
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "make something professional",
          "word": "profesionalizar"
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          "sense": "make something professional",
          "word": "professionalisieren"
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          "sense": "make something professional",
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          "sense": "make something professional",
          "word": "profissionalizar"
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          "sense": "make something professional",
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          "sense": "make something professional",
          "word": "profesionalizar"
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        "To advance an occupation to the level of a profession."
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "make something professional",
      "word": "professionalitzar"
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      "sense": "make something professional",
      "word": "professionnaliser"
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      "sense": "make something professional",
      "word": "profesionalizar"
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      "sense": "make something professional",
      "word": "professionalisieren"
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      "sense": "make something professional",
      "word": "professionalizzare"
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      "sense": "make something professional",
      "word": "profissionalizar"
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      "sense": "make something professional",
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      "sense": "make something professional",
      "word": "profesionalizar"
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