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- [uh-pren-tis]
- /əˈprɛn tɪs/
- /əˈpren.tɪs.ʃɪp/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [uh-pren-tis]
- /əˈprɛn tɪs/
Definitions of apprenticeship word
- variable noun apprenticeship Someone who has an apprenticeship works for a fixed period of time for a person who has a particular skill in order to learn the skill. Apprenticeship is the system of learning a skill like this. 3
- noun apprenticeship a person who works for another in order to learn a trade: an apprentice to a plumber. 1
- noun apprenticeship History/Historical. a person legally bound through indenture to a master craftsman in order to learn a trade. 1
- noun apprenticeship a learner; novice; tyro. 1
- noun apprenticeship U.S. Navy. an enlisted person receiving specialized training. 1
- noun apprenticeship a jockey with less than one year's experience who has won fewer than 40 races. 1
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Origin of apprenticeship
First appearance:
before 1300 One of the 15% oldest English words
1300-50; Middle English ap(p)rentis < Anglo-French, Old French ap(p)rentiz < Vulgar Latin *apprenditīcius, equivalent to *apprendit(us) (for Latin apprehēnsus; see apprehensible) + Latin -īcius suffix forming adjectives from past participles, here nominalized
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Parts of speech for Apprenticeship
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
apprenticeship popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
apprenticeship usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for apprenticeship
noun apprenticeship
- discipline — training to act in accordance with rules; drill: military discipline.
- information — knowledge communicated or received concerning a particular fact or circumstance; news: information concerning a crime.
- training — Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- science — a branch of knowledge or study dealing with a body of facts or truths systematically arranged and showing the operation of general laws: the mathematical sciences.
- study — a room, in a house or other building, set apart for private study, reading, writing, or the like.
Antonyms for apprenticeship
noun apprenticeship
- ignorance — the state or fact of being ignorant; lack of knowledge, learning, information, etc.
- destruction — Destruction is the act of destroying something, or the state of being destroyed.
- neglect — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
- question — a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
- harm — a U.S. air-to-surface missile designed to detect and destroy radar sites by homing on their emissions.
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