APPRENTICE


Meaning of APPRENTICE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ əprentɪs ]

( apprentices, apprenticing, apprenticed)

1.

An apprentice is a young person who works for someone in order to learn their skill.

He left school at 15 and trained as an apprentice carpenter.

N-COUNT : oft N n

2.

If a young person is apprenticed to someone, they go to work for them in order to learn their skill.

I was apprenticed to a builder when I was fourteen.

VERB : usu passive , be V-ed to n

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