In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
PROFESSIONALISE
professionalize, professionalise
(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”
professionalize, professionalise
(verb) become professional or proceed in a professional manner or in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
professionalise (third-person singular simple present professionalises, present participle professionalising, simple past and past participle professionalised)
Alternative spelling of professionalize
Source: Wiktionary
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10 June 2025
COMMUNICATIONS
(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”
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