Definition of apprentice
1a : one bound by indenture (see 1indenture 1a(3)) to serve another for a prescribed period with a view to learning an art or tradeb : one who is learning by practical experience under skilled workers a trade, art, or calling a carpenter's apprentice
2 : an inexperienced person : novice an apprentice in cooking
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Examples of apprentice in a Sentence
decided to be an apprentice to an electrician after he graduated
aware that she's only an apprentice in the medical field, she readily defers to her more experienced colleagues
Recent Examples of apprentice from the Web
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An apprentice/mentor system grounded in a proficiency model charged with technical, academic, and professional skill development and critical thinking objectives will revolutionize higher education.
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The tireless apprentice may soon become a full-fledged colleague.
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Blue Apron, named after the uniform that apprentice chefs wear in France, has also worked to increase its automation to help it better compete with rivals.
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Born on Harbour Island in the Bahamas, Stirrup (1873-1957) immigrated to Key West in 1888 at age 15 and worked as a carpenter’s apprentice.
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The $100 per year Apprentice level will be for those who are drawn to the arts as patrons, collectors, scholars, historians and philosophers.
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Fifty students from the United States and Canada participated in the national competition and Carmynn came home with first place in the apprentice category, which includes first and second graders.
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Another complication: only about half of apprentices finish their multi-year programs.
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But Ivanka, the ultimate apprentice of her father, has surely learned the most valuable takeaway from his election by now.
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Origin and Etymology of apprentice
Middle English aprentis, from Anglo-French apprentiz, from aprendre to learn, from Latin apprendere, apprehendere —see apprehend
apprentice
Definition of apprentice
apprenticed
;apprenticing
transitive verb
: to set at work as an apprentice; especially : to bind to an apprenticeship by contract or indenture
intransitive verb
: to serve as an apprentice
Examples of apprentice in a Sentence
He apprenticed with a master carpenter for two years.
Recent Examples of apprentice from the Web
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Having apprenticed under John Hammond for nine years and a general manager for not quite one week, Jon Horst wasn’t going to stray too far from the Milwaukee Bucks’ draft philosophy.
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The company eventually found a more stylish niche thanks to François Goyard, who’d apprenticed for eight years before taking the helm (and changing the name) in 1853.
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Mr. Lewiston had studied classical music at an English conservatory before apprenticing himself in the early 1950s to Thomas de Hartmann, a composer who was a follower of the Russian mystic G.I. Gurdjieff.
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At age 11, Vasquez began apprenticing under his father.
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As a teenager growing up in the Bronx, the bassist Carlos Henriquez apprenticed and performed with some of the city’s leading Latin jazz musicians, names like Jerry Gonzalez and Tito Puente.
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Mr. Stern, who apprenticed in Europe and Israel, started baking in a South Miami garage in 2012 and sold his bread in farmers' markets.
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Arvigo developed it while living in Belize in the 1980s and apprenticing with famed Maya shaman Don Elijio Panti.
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Hamama said that during summer vacation all teen-age male family members are apprenticed into some aspect of the business.
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Origin and Etymology of apprentice
see 1apprentice
APPRENTICE Defined for English Language Learners
apprentice
playDefinition of apprentice for English Language Learners
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: a person who learns a job or skill by working for a fixed period of time for someone who is very good at that job or skill
apprentice
Definition of apprentice for English Language Learners
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: to make (someone) an apprentice
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: to work as an apprentice
APPRENTICE Defined for Kids
Definition of apprentice for Students
: a person who is learning a trade or art by experience under a skilled worker
Definition of apprentice for Students
apprenticed
;apprenticing
: to set at work as an apprentice He was apprenticed to a carpenter.
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