apprenticed

5.5

Working for a skilled person under an official agreement to learn a trade

adjective
/əˈprɛntɪst/

: aprendiz

He is apprenticed to a famous chef, gaining hands-on experience in the kitchen.

He is apprenticed in this very specialized program.

Examples

After finishing school, she was apprenticed to a skilled carpenter to learn the trade.
Many young artists choose to be apprenticed by experienced professionals to enhance their skills.
He is apprenticed in this very specialized program.

Chris Williamson

Synonyms

to indenture

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Formal

9 8.9

To legally bind someone to work for a set time

emphasizes learning a trade under contract rather than merely serving someone

indentured

vsapprenticed

1 8.3

Someone who must work for another person because of a contract for a set time

focuses on training to learn a trade rather than general contracted work

articled

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Archaic

8.5

A person who trains under a formal contract in a job like law or accounting

is used for any trade or profession rather than specific professional fields

to article

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Archaic

9.9

To make someone work at a firm under a formal training agreement

describes the state of being bound to learn a trade rather than the binding act

Antonyms

independent

984 2.3

Not controlled by others

Surface Forms

apprenticed positive

Morphology

apprenticed = apprentice (transparent) = apprentice + ed

The adjective is a regular past-participle/adjectival form of the verb 'apprentice' meaning 'bound or placed as an apprentice', so the meaning is directly derived.

Etymology

Apprenticed comes from an old French word apprendre meaning 'to learn' and from a root that also meant 'to take on', so a young worker was 'taken on' by a master to learn a trade. That's why being apprenticed means being bound to work and learn from someone more skilled.