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apprenticing

apprenticing is the present participle and gerund of apprentice.

Meaning of apprentice

Verb

apprentice (third-person singular simple present apprentices, present participle apprenticing, simple past and past participle apprenticed)

  1. (transitive) 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.
  2. (transitive) To be an apprentice to.
    • Joe apprenticed three different photographers before setting up his own studio.

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Questions about apprenticing

What is apprenticing the present participle and gerund of?
Apprenticing is the present participle and gerund of apprentice.

Words near apprenticing in the dictionary

  1. apprenticehoods
  2. apprenticelike
  3. apprentices
  4. apprenticeship
  5. apprenticeships
  6. apprenticing
  7. apprentisage
  8. apprentise
  9. apprentises
  10. appresent
  11. appresentation

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