apprenticeap‧pren‧tice /əˈprentɪs/ ●○○ noun [countable] 
She works in the hairdresser’s as an apprentice. an apprentice electrician—apprentice verb [transitive]: He was apprenticed to a local architect.
WORD ORIGINapprentice
Origin:
1300-1400 Old French aprentis, from aprendre ‘to learn’, from Latin apprehendere; ➔ APPREHENDEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- A 'Meister' in Germany serves a nine-year apprenticeship before he can run his own shop.
- an apprentice chef
- I worked as an apprentice electrician for 18 months.
- John recalled his apprenticeship to a blacksmith in the early years of the Second World War.
- When I finish classes, I'm hoping to land a summer job as a chef's apprentice.
- But after seeing how broadly trained the apprentices were, employees began to press for even more.
- He already trains apprentices, and now welcomes any potential carving students.
- He was an apprentice electrician at Watneys brewery in Mortlake.
- If books did not supply apprentices with much, neither did formal training programs, which scarcely existed.
- In his system, he would say, apprentices really learn.
- In this context, apprentices offer a cheap source of labor.
- Leaving school, he became an engineering apprentice with Ruston Proctor & Co.
Longman Language Activatorsomeone who is learning something
someone who is studying at a school, college, or university: · She's a student at Cornell University.· extra help for disabled students· He was accused of attacking a fellow student.· a farewell party for the overseas studentslaw/medical/engineering etc student: · Law students always have a lot of work to do.student nurse/teacher (=someone who is studying to be a nurse or a teacher): · What was the social life like when you were a student nurse?mature student British (=a student who is over the age of 25, and who has worked before coming to university or college): · We have a large number of mature students here, some with small children.
someone who is learning a skill while working in a company or organization: · The new class of trainees was highly motivated.· I started out as a trainee on the trading floor, earning around $25,000 a year.trainee accountant/reporter/salesman etc: · I got a job as a trainee reporter on the 'Daily Star'.· He spent three years as a trainee manager before getting his present position.
someone who has recently started to learn something: · Japanese classes for beginners· The tennis club welcomes beginners as well as more advanced players.· As a beginner, she needs quite a lot of encouragement.
someone who is learning all the skills that they need in order to do a job, especially a job that they do with their hands: · When I finish classes, I'm hoping to land a summer job as a chef's apprentice.apprentice electrician/bricklayer/hairdresser etc: · I worked as an apprentice electrician for 18 months.
someone who is learning a particular subject or skill, especially a foreign language and usually in a school: · A good teacher holds the learner's interest and stimulates them to find out more.slow/fast/quick learner: · James was a fast learner, and was soon better at tennis than his coach.· You're a quick learner! It took me ages to get the hang of it.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY He was apprenticed to a local architect.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
someone who works for an employer for a fixed period of time in order to learn a particular skill or job: He was apprenticed to a local architect.· Graeme did all the cooing at first but has now turned his saucepans over to his talented young apprentice, Steve Webb.· While they were drinking the tea, a young apprentice arrived.· Once at work, what was life like for the young apprentice?
VERB· He married Betsy Adcock, the daughter of a Whittington shopkeeper, and their young William became an apprentice shoemaker in 1796.· You can become an apprentice San Francisco character.· Leaving school, he became an engineering apprentice with Ruston Proctor & Co.· Some became apprentices who worked beside a master craftsman to become competent in their field.· He became an apprentice tailor at the age of 10 or 11.· The visits to Miss Havisham's cease when she pays for Pip to become Joe's apprentice.· He was educated at local schools, including the Devonport Classical and Mathematical School, and became an apprentice to his father.· Like Hooker, he was saved from becoming an apprentice by his schoolmaster.
· He already trains apprentices, and now welcomes any potential carving students.· But after seeing how broadly trained the apprentices were, employees began to press for even more.· He still enjoyed the hands-on side of mechanics and had enjoyed assisting in the training of apprentices.· Only a Meister can train apprentices or operate a shop.· The offshore industry has trained a handful of apprentices, but these do not compare with its labour requirements.· Grail engineering employs forty people, and is currently training twelve apprentices.
· Samuel Oldknow was generally regarded as a humane employer, but even he expected his apprentices to work for thirteen hours.· Some became apprentices who worked beside a master craftsman to become competent in their field.· I have run across a number of apprentices who worked long hours in part-time jobs in addition to their apprenticeships.
She works in the hairdresser’s as an apprentice. an apprentice electrician—apprentice verb [transitive]: He was apprenticed to a local architect.