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apprentice

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ap·pren·tice  (-prnts)
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.
tr.v. ap·pren·ticed, ap·pren·tic·ing, ap·pren·tic·es
To place or take on as a beginner or learner.

[Middle English apprentis, from Old French aprentis, from Vulgar Latin *apprnditcius, from *apprnditus, alteration of Latin apprehnsus, past participle of apprehendere, to seize; see apprehend.]

ap·prentice·ship n.

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
[from Old French aprentis, from Old French aprendre to learn, from Latin apprehendere to apprehend]
apprenticeship  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.apprenticeapprentice - works for an expert to learn a trade
beginner, initiate, tiro, tyro, novice - someone new to a field or activity
printer's devil - an apprentice in a printing establishment
Verb1.apprenticeapprentice - be or work as an apprentice; "She apprenticed with the great master"
train, prepare - undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession; "She is training to be a teacher"; "He trained as a legal aid"

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)
Translations
apprentice [əˈprentɪs]
A. N
1. (= learner) → aprendiz(a) m/f
2. (= beginner) → principiante mf
B. VT to apprentice sb tocolocar a algn de aprendiz con
to be apprenticed toestar de aprendiz con
C. CPD apprentice electrician Naprendiz(a) m/f de electricista

apprentice [əˈprɛntɪs]
napprenti(e) m/f
vt
to be apprenticed to sb → être en apprentissage chez qn
modif [plumber, carpenter, mechanic, electrician, hairdresser, engineer etc] → apprenti(e) before n
an apprentice plumber → un(e) apprenti(e) plombier/ère
an apprentice carpenter → un(e) apprenti(e) menuisier/ère

apprentice
nLehrling m, → Lehrjunge m (dated), → Auszubildende(r) m (form); to be an apprenticeLehrling sein, in der Lehre sein; apprentice plumber/electricianKlempner-/Elektrikerlehrling m; apprentice jockeyangehender Jockey
vtin die Lehre geben or schicken (to zu, bei); to be apprenticed to somebodybei jdm in die Lehre gehen or in der Lehre sein

apprentice [əˈprɛntɪs]
1. napprendista m/f
a plumber's apprentice, an apprentice plumber → un apprendista idraulico
2. vt to apprentice tomettere come apprendista presso
to be apprenticed to → lavorare come apprendista presso

apprentice
n apprentice [əˈprentis]
a (usually young) person who is learning a trade. vakleerling تِلْميذ ما زال يَتَعَلَّم صَنْعَه чирак učeň, učedník lærling der/die Auszubildende(r) μαθητευόμενος aprendiz õpipoiss شاگرد؛ نوآموز harjoittelija apprenti/-ie שוּלִיָיה प्रशिक्षु naučnik tanuló magang lærlingur apprendista 見習い 견습생 mokinys, pameistrys māceklis perantis leerjongen lærling terminator, uczeń aprendiz ucenic ученик, подмастерье učeň, -nica vajenec šegrt lärling ผู้ฝึกงาน çırak 學徒 учень, підмайстер نو آموز ، کار آموز người học việc
v
to make (someone) an apprentice His father apprenticed him to an engineer. as vakleerling gee يَضَع تَحْت التَّدْريب чиракувам dát do učení sætte i lære in die Lehre geben κάνω κπ. μαθητευόμενο poner de aprendiz õpipoisiks andma به شاگردی پذیرفتن esittää harjoittelijaksi mettre en apprentissage (chez) לְהַכנִיס כֱשְוּלִיָיה प्रशिक्षु बनाना izučiti tanulónak ad memagangkan taka í læri mettere a fare pratica, collocare come apprendista 見習いに出す 도제로 삼다 išleisti mokytis (amato) nodot mācībā (par mācekli) memperantiskannya in de leer doen sette i lære oddać do terminu pôr como aprendiz a da în ucenicie отдавать в учение dať do učenia dati v uk učiti zanat (kod nekoga) sätta i lära ฝึกงานเป็น çırak olarak vermek 使(某人)當學徒 віддавати в науку نو آموز کاری کے لئے لگانا cho học việc 使
n apˈprenticeship
the state of being, or the time during which a person is, an apprentice He is serving his apprenticeship as a mechanic. vakleerlingskap تَدَرُّب عَلى مِهْنَه чиракуване učňovství læretid; lærlingetid die Lehre μαθητεία aprendizaje õpiaeg شاگردی harjoittelujakso apprentissage חֲנִיכוּת एप्रेन्टिसशिप naukovanje tanulóidő menjadi magang lærlingsstaða, læri apprendistato 見習期間 도제 buvimas mokiniu/pameistriu, mokymasis amato mācekļa gadi; mācību laiks perantisan leertijd lære(tid), lærlingkontrakt termin, nauka rzemiosła aprendizagem ucenicie ученичество učňovstvo vajeniška doba pripravnički staž lärlingskap, lärlingstid การฝึกงาน çıraklık 學徒身份或年限 роки навчання نو آموز گاری sự học việc

apprentice مهني مبتدئ 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


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Such trains of oaths would come rolling and pealing over the way, sometimes, when he was denouncing the idleness of the bony apprentice with the thin legs, that Nathaniel Pipkin would shake in his shoes with horror, and the hair of the pupils' heads would stand on end with fright.
Jim was a plumber's apprentice whose weak chin and hedonistic temperament, coupled with a certain nervous stupidity, promised to take him nowhere in the race for bread and butter.
The moment was at the close of a summer's day just before supper, which, in our house, we had lawlessly late, and the place was the kitchen where my mother was going about her work, and listening as she could to what my father was telling my brother and me and an apprentice of ours, who was like a brother to us both, of a book that he had once read.
 
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