ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Apprenticeship

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /əˈpɹɛn.tɪs.ʃɪp/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Apprenticeship is a noun meaning The condition of, or the time served by, an apprentice.

Meaning

The condition of, or the time served by, an apprentice.

More Meanings

  1. The system by which a person learning a craft or trade is instructed by a master for a set time under set conditions.

Example Sentences

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.
Apprenticeship programmes supply the industry with an ongoing cohort of qualified talent. It is much cheaper to train new people than to pay inflated wages to attract existing talent. Apprenticeships are also a useful way of teaching the practical, hands-on skills that the modern railway needs.

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Related Words

Related dictionary entries include trainee, traineeship, probation, internship, training, probationary.

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