professionalize
to give a professional character or status to; make into or establish as a profession.
to become professional.
Origin of professionalize
1- Also especially British, pro·fes·sion·al·ise .
Other words from professionalize
- pro·fes·sion·al·ist, noun
- pro·fes·sion·al·i·za·tion, noun
Words Nearby professionalize
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How to use professionalize in a sentence
Robert Peel — who would go on to become prime minister — he was devoted to professionalizing London’s police force.
Troll farms—professionalized groups that work in a coordinated fashion to post provocative content, often propaganda, to social networks—were still building massive audiences by running networks of Facebook pages.
Troll farms reached 140 million Americans a month on Facebook before 2020 election, internal report shows | Karen Hao | September 17, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewIt may in fact be too late for the NCAA to make changes to control the momentum toward paying student-athletes and professionalizing college sports.
Nothing Unites Left And Right Like Opposition To The NCAA | Sarah Shachat | June 22, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightWhen Parker became chief of police in 1950, for example, he extended the LAPD’s insulation from civilian oversight and professionalized the department by raising standards and bolstering the internal disciplinary process.
When it came to the police, new rounds of charter reform in the 1920s were intended to professionalize the department by removing political influence out of concerns that corrupt police officers enforced the will of politicians.
The personality of many who engage in the work is too ordinary to professionalize any calling.
Rural Life and the Rural School | Joseph Kennedy
British Dictionary definitions for professionalize
professionalise
/ (prəˈfɛʃənəˌlaɪz) /
(tr) to impose a professional structure or status on (something)
Derived forms of professionalize
- professionalization or professionalisation, noun
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