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.

Exact synonyms: Professionalize
Generic synonyms: Change
Related verbs: Professionalize
Derivative terms: Professionalization

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"
Exact synonyms: Professionalize
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Related verbs: Professionalize
Derivative terms: Professionalization

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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