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Definition of Professionalise

1. Verb. Become professional or proceed in a professional manner or in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood.

2. Verb. Make professional or give a professional character to. "Philosophy has not always been professionalized and used to be a subject pursued only by amateurs"

Definition of Professionalise

1. Verb. (alternative spelling of professionalize) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Professionalise

professional golfer professional life professional organisation professional organization professional person professional politician professional politicians professional relation professional sport professional tennis

professional tennis player professional wrestler professional wrestlers professional wrestling professionalisation professionalise (current term) professionalised professionalises professionalising professionalism

professionalisms professionalist professionalists professionalization professionalize professionalized professionalizes professionalizing professionally professionals

Literary usage of Professionalise

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Social Sciences and Innovation by Oecd (2001)
"The SBIC programme attracted national attention and offered informal investors an opportunity to professionalise their investment activity, ..."

2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1813)
"... evidence .of the great forecast and intense study ef the celebrated professionalise Near the West,' the font; in the Southern part, the pulpit; ..."

3. The Parliamentary Debates by Great Britain Parliament (1908)
"The conditions of modern life compelled us to differentiate, specialise, and professionalise. Our necessities were primarily a Navy absolutely supreme which ..."

4. Capital (1888)
"It would create new knowledge, professionalise banking and help in redefining the role of banking in economic development. A new training of this variety ..."

5. The British Essayists: With Prefaces, Historical and Biographical by Alexander Chalmers (1808)
"... in men destined for the labours of business, for the active exertions of professionalise. The abstraction of lean*- ing, the speculations of science, ..."

6. Enhancing Sme Competitiveness: The OECD Bologna Ministerial Conference by Oecd (2001)
"Lead technology users tend to see public R&D grants as a way to professionalise their R&D efforts. look for new technical opportunities and explore new ..."

7. Illustrations of the Public Buildings of London: With Historical and by John Britton, Augustus Pugin (1838)
"In short, they would find themselves in " the wrong box," and that a playhouse was no place for them as professionalise in their vocation. ..."

8. Men of the Time: A Dictionary of Contemporaries, Containing Biographical by Thompson Cooper (1868)
"... from professionalise. Miss K. Tree, having performed in Edinburgh and Bath, was engaged at Drury Lane, her first part being Violante, in the " Wonder. ..."

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