Verb: professionalize pru'fe-shu-nu,lIz
- Become professional or proceed in a professional manner or in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood
"The amateur athlete professionalized after winning the championship";
- professionalise [Brit]
- Make professional or give a professional character to
"Philosophy has not always been professionalized and used to be a subject pursued only by amateurs";
- professionalise [Brit]
Derived forms: professionalizing, professionalizes, professionalized
Type of: alter, change, modify
Encyclopedia: Professionalize