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professionalise

professionalise is the alternative spelling of professionalize.

Meaning of professionalize

Verb

professionalize (third-person singular simple present professionalizes, present participle professionalizing, simple past and past participle professionalized)

  1. (transitive) To make something professional.
  2. (transitive) To advance an occupation to the level of a profession.

Forms of professionalise

third-person singular presentprofessionalises
present participleprofessionalising
past participleprofessionalised
pastprofessionalised

Questions about professionalise

What is professionalise the alternative spelling of?
Professionalise is the alternative spelling of professionalize.

Words near professionalise in the dictionary

  1. professional wrestlers
  2. professional wrestling
  3. professionalese
  4. professionalisation
  5. professionalisations
  6. professionalise
  7. professionalised
  8. professionalises
  9. professionalish
  10. professionalising
  11. professionalism

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: professionalise (page history and authors); professionalize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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