apprentice
/əˈpɹɛntɪs/
apprentice noun: a trainee, especially in a skilled trade.
Noun
apprentice (plural apprentices)
- A trainee, especially in a skilled trade.
- To this end a well-equipped and keenly-run apprentice training school has been in operation at Eastleigh since 1958 and here apprentices are given a good grounding in a number of trades, followed by a thorough training in the trade to which they become allocated.1961 March, C. P. Boocock, “The organisation of Eastleigh Locomotive Works”, in Trains Illustrated, page 163
- Scottish rail suppliers have told the Government that they can only reach their target of employing 500 apprentices if they are given a clear pipeline of work, rather than having to endure the current stop-go programme.2022 December 14, “Network News: A pipeline of work key for apprentices”, in RAIL, number 972, page 17
- One who is bound by indentures or by legal agreement to serve a tradesperson, or other person, for a certain time, with a view to learn the art, or trade, in which his master is bound to instruct him.
- One not well versed in a subject; a tyro or newbie.
Verb
apprentice (third-person singular simple present apprentices, present participle apprenticing, simple past and past participle apprenticed)
- To put under the care and supervision of a master, for the purpose of instruction in a trade or business.
- His father had apprenticed him to a silk merchant.
- He was apprenticed to a local employer.
- To be an apprentice to.
- Joe apprenticed three different photographers before setting up his own studio.
apprentice meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
apprentice in Hindi
- trainee, especially in a skilled trade
- शागिर्द śāgird, शिष्य śiṣya
apprentice in Tamil
- தொழில்பழகுநர்
apprentice in Urdu
- trainee, especially in a skilled trade
- شاگِرْد śāgird, تِلْمِیذ tilmīz
apprentice in Bengali
- শিক্ষানবিশ
More languagesFewer languages
- apprentice in Telugu
- అప్రెంటిస్
- apprentice in Malayalam
- വേല പഠിക്കുന്നവൻ
- apprentice in Kannada
- ಕಲಿಕೆಯವನು, ಹೊಸಗಸುಬಿ
- apprentice in Gujarati
- ઉમેદવાર umedvār
- apprentice in Tagalog
- aralan
- apprentice in Arabic
- مُبْتَدِئ mubtadiʔ, مُبْتَدِئَة mubtadiʔa, تِلْمِيذ tilmīḏ, تِلْمِيذَة tilmīḏa
- apprentice in Malay
- perantis
- apprentice in Thai
- ผู้ฝึกงาน pûu-fʉ̀k-ngaan
- apprentice in Vietnamese
- người học nghề
Examples of apprentice in a sentence
- The smith's apprentice was still wary of manipulating the red-hot metal.
- On the Flat, an apprentice jockey starts with an allowance of 7 lb.
- His daughter was married some five years ago to a tailor's apprentice.
Forms of apprentice
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | apprentices |
| alternative form (obsolete) | apprentise |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | apprentices |
| present participle | apprenticing |
| past participle | apprenticed |
| past | apprenticed |
Origin of apprentice
From Middle English apprentice, apprentesse, apprentyse, apprentis, from Old French aprentis, plural of aprentif, from Old French aprendre (verb), Late Latin apprendō, from Classical Latin apprehendō. Compare typologically Latin discipulus (akin to capiō); Russian ухвати́ть (uxvatítʹ), нахвата́ться (naxvatátʹsja), схва́тывать на лету́ (sxvátyvatʹ na letú), and, for another aspect, быть на подхва́те (bytʹ na podxváte) (both akin to хвата́ть (xvatátʹ)).
Words formed from apprentice
Phrases with apprentice
Questions about apprentice
- What does apprentice mean?
- Apprentice means a trainee, especially in a skilled trade.
- What is apprentice in Hindi?
- Apprentice in Hindi is शागिर्द (śāgird), शिष्य (śiṣya). See Apprentice meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is apprentice?
- Apprentice can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce apprentice?
- Apprentice is pronounced /əˈpɹɛntɪs/.
- What is the plural of apprentice?
- The plural of apprentice is apprentices.
Words near apprentice in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: apprentice (page history and authors); apprentice (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); apprentice (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); apprentice (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); apprentice (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); apprentice (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ઉમેદવાર (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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