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professionalizing

professionalizing is the present participle and gerund 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.

Questions about professionalizing

What is professionalizing the present participle and gerund of?
Professionalizing is the present participle and gerund of professionalize.

Words near professionalizing in the dictionary

  1. professionalize
  2. professionalized
  3. professionalizer
  4. professionalizers
  5. professionalizes
  6. professionalizing
  7. professionally
  8. professionalness
  9. professionals
  10. professionalship
  11. professionary

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Adapted from Wiktionary: professionalizing (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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