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ap·pren·tice
(ə-prĕn′tĭs)n.
1. One bound by legal agreement to work for another for a specific amount of time in return for instruction in a trade, art, or business.
2. One who is learning a trade or occupation, especially as a member of a labor union.
3. A beginner; a learner.
v. ap·pren·ticed, ap·pren·tic·ing, ap·pren·tic·es
v.intr.
To work as an apprentice: She apprenticed at the ceramics studio.
v.tr.
To engage as an apprentice: In colonial times many children were apprenticed to craftsmen.
[Middle English apprentis, from Old French aprentis, from Vulgar Latin *apprēnditīcius, from *apprēnditus, alteration of Latin apprehēnsus, past participle of apprehendere, to seize; see apprehend.]
ap·pren′tice·ship′ n.
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apprentice
(əˈprɛntɪs)n
1. someone who works for a skilled or qualified person in order to learn a trade or profession, esp for a recognized period
2. any beginner or novice
vb
(tr) to take, place, or bind as an apprentice
[C14: from Old French aprentis, from Old French aprendre to learn, from Latin apprehendere to apprehend]
apˈprenticeˌship n
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ap•pren•tice
(əˈprɛn tɪs)n., v. -ticed, -tic•ing. n.
1. a person who works for another in order to learn a trade: an apprentice to a plumber.
2. a person legally bound through indenture to a master craftsman in order to learn a trade.
3. learner; novice.
v.t. 4. to bind to or place with an employer, master craftsman, or the like, for instruction in a trade.
v.i. 5. to serve as an apprentice.
[1300–50; < Anglo-French, Old French ap(p)rentiz < Vulgar Latin *apprendit(us), for Latin apprehēnsus, past participle of apprehendere to apprehend]
ap•pren′tice•ship`, n.
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apprentice
Past participle: apprenticed
Gerund: apprenticing
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Noun | 1. | apprentice - works for an expert to learn a trade printer's devil - an apprentice in a printing establishment |
Verb | 1. | apprentice - be or work as an apprentice; "She apprenticed with the great master" |
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apprentice
noun trainee, student, pupil, novice, beginner, learner, neophyte, tyro, probationer I started off as an apprentice and worked my way up.
expert, master, pro, ace (informal), adept, boffin (Brit. informal), past master, dab hand (Brit. informal), fundi (S. African)
expert, master, pro, ace (informal), adept, boffin (Brit. informal), past master, dab hand (Brit. informal), fundi (S. African)
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Translations
تِلْميذ ما زال يَتَعَلَّم صَنْعَهمُتَمَهِّنيَضَع تَحْت التَّدْريب
učeňdát do učeníučedník
lærling
harjoittelija
šegrt
lærlingurtaka í læri
見習い
견습생
buvimas mokiniubuvimas pameistriuišleisti mokytismokinysmokymasis amato
māceklisnodot mācībā
dať do učeniaučeň
vajenec
lärling
ผู้ฝึกงาน
çırakçırak olarak vermek
người học việc
apprentice
[əˈprentɪs]A. N
1. (= learner) → aprendiz(a) m/f
2. (= beginner) → principiante mf
B. VT to apprentice sb to → colocar a algn de aprendiz con
to be apprenticed to → estar de aprendiz con
to be apprenticed to → estar de aprendiz con
C. CPD apprentice electrician N → aprendiz(a) m/f de electricista
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
apprentice
[əˈprɛntɪs] n → apprenti(e) m/f
vt
to be apprenticed to sb → être en apprentissage chez qn
to be apprenticed to sb → être en apprentissage chez qn
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
apprentice
n → Lehrling m, → Lehrjunge m (dated), → Auszubildende(r) m (form); to be an apprentice → Lehrling sein, in der Lehre sein; apprentice plumber/electrician → Klempner-/Elektrikerlehrling m; apprentice jockey → angehender Jockey
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
apprentice
[əˈprɛntɪs]2. vt to apprentice to → mettere come apprendista presso
to be apprenticed to → lavorare come apprendista presso
to be apprenticed to → lavorare come apprendista presso
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
apprentice
(əˈprentis) noun a (usually young) person who is learning a trade.
verb to make (someone) an apprentice. His father apprenticed him to an engineer.
apˈprenticeship noun the state of being, or the time during which a person is, an apprentice. He is serving his apprenticeship as a mechanic.
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apprentice
→ مُتَمَهِّن učeň lærling Lehrling μαθητευόμενος aprendiz harjoittelija apprenti šegrt apprendista 見習い 견습생 leerling lærling praktykant aprendiz ученик lärling ผู้ฝึกงาน çırak người học việc 学徒Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009