apprenticeship
noun
ap·pren·tice·ship
ə-ˈpren-tə(sh)-ˌship 
ə-ˈpren-təs-ˌship
1
: a position as an apprentice : an arrangement in which someone learns an art, trade, or job under another
He obtained an apprenticeship with a carpenter.
Later that year, he decided to become a barrister—a career that requires acceptance into an apprenticeship …—
Sidney Blumenthal
Sidney Blumenthal2
: the period of time when a person is an apprentice
During most of his apprenticeship he lived in Paris …—Robert Penn Warren
Robert Penn Warrena two-year apprenticeship
Examples of apprenticeship in a Sentence
only after long apprenticeship as a camera operator was he appointed director of photography on a major motion picture
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Blue collar workers are hitting retirement age, and a trend in recent years toward pushing more students to attend college means that fewer of them are participating in apprenticeship programs or going directly to learn on the job.
—Cortney Harding, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
For policymakers, this shift signals the need to support vocational education, and apprenticeship programs.
—The Hill, 27 June 2025
Festival visitors can meet members of the New Orleans Master Crafts Guild, an apprenticeship program in Louisiana encouraging a new generation of master craftspeople to grow their professions, from carpentry to brick masonry to plaster.
—Michelle Mehrtens, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 July 2025
Even labor shortages become manageable when builders create joint apprenticeship programs that expand the skilled worker pipeline.
—Ryan Stroker, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
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Cortney Harding, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
For policymakers, this shift signals the need to support vocational education, and apprenticeship programs.
—The Hill, 27 June 2025
Festival visitors can meet members of the New Orleans Master Crafts Guild, an apprenticeship program in Louisiana encouraging a new generation of master craftspeople to grow their professions, from carpentry to brick masonry to plaster.
—Michelle Mehrtens, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 July 2025
Even labor shortages become manageable when builders create joint apprenticeship programs that expand the skilled worker pipeline.
—Ryan Stroker, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for apprenticeship
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“Apprenticeship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apprenticeship. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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