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apprenticeship
CEFRB2
/əˈpɹɛn.tɪs.ʃɪp/
noun
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In plain English
- 01
noun
A period of training for a skilled job.
- 02
noun
Extra detailThe system by which a person learning a craft or trade is instructed by a master for a set time under set conditions.
Examples
I am going to do an apprenticeship.
Some electricians learn their trade within an apprenticeship system instead of going to college.
At a glance
Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 3
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 3
Also pronounced
- /əˈpɹɛn.tɪʃ.ʃɪp/
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningThe condition of, or the time served by, an apprentice.
More examples
In contextTom has completed his apprenticeship as an electrician.
Entry to shop grades is by apprenticeship, boys bring taken as apprentices on leaving school.
There, however, he had disappointed expectation. In sooth, his genius was of too creative an order for the apprenticeship of learning; he needed life in its hopes, its fears, its endurance; all that the poet learns to reproduce.
Quick test
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Origin
noun
From apprentice + -ship.