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professionalize

[ pruh-fesh-uh-nl-ahyz ]

verb (used with object)

professionalized, professionalizing.
  1. to give a professional character or status to; make into or establish as a profession.


verb (used without object)

professionalized, professionalizing.
  1. to become professional.

professionalize

/ əˈɛʃəəˌɪ /

verb

  1. tr to impose a professional structure or status on (something)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌڱDzԲˈپDz, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·ڱsDz·· noun
  • ·ڱȴDz···tDz noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of professionalize1

First recorded in 1855–60; professional + -ize
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“What I don’t want to have happen is this to become a full-time job and become professionalized,” Horvitz insists.

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The strategy is built on professionalizing law enforcement and implementing the sorts of data-driven and community policing models used in many U.S. cities.

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The city has for years sought to professionalize the ranks of interventionists, providing new oversight and training.

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Abroad, the Women’s Super League did not become fully professionalized until 2018.

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But experts question whether her strategies — expanding community policing and professionalizing cops — would transfer to a national level.

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