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professionalize

especially British, ·ڱ·Dz··

[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)

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • professionalist noun
  • professionalization noun
  • ˌڱDzԲˈپDz noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of professionalize1

First recorded in 1855–60; professional + -ize
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“It’s going to be huge because we are now professionalizing how we go to market, how we price things,” Cruz said.

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“These are highly professionalized individuals with a lot of experience in bargaining and conflict negotiation.”

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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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ˈڱDzԲˌProfessional Standards Review Organization