to apprentice
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4.1
- verb
- /əˈprɛntɪs/
:
aprender el oficio
- After graduating high school, he chose to apprentice at a local carpentry shop.
But first, there's an idea about perhaps apprenticing her to Fan the Weaver.
- But first, there's an idea about perhaps apprenticing her to Fan the Weaver.
- If you can find a mentor, that's the best thing you can do and apprentice yourself to that person.
- And so Wizards learn this sort of stuff partly by studying, partly on the job, partly by apprenticing.
- Like, for instance, if you're apprenticing to a lawyer, say they wouldn't call it apprenticeship these days, but you're still studying right With people in the law.
Examples
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If the father were a mariner, his son would be apprenticed to learn that vocation.
Academic text (2007) -
I was apprenticed to Mai Mpokosa, the Namkungwi, an important teacher and keeper of knowledge.
Academic text (2007) -
Children often apprentice as a means of entering the labor market.
Academic text (2001) -
Most lawyers apprentice themselves to another lawyer until they absorb the knowledge they need.
Fiction book (1991) -
At a young age, he had apprenticed with a manufacturing company in Great Britain.
Fiction book (1992) -
Students could apprentice themselves to local artists and artisans who would volunteer their services.
Academic text (2004) -
You see, I apprenticed as a tool and die maker in Germany.
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Hall left school at age 14 and was apprenticed by his father to a chemist so he could become an apothecary.
Academic text (2009) -
She decided to apprentice with a master chef to learn the culinary arts.
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To gain valuable experience, she will apprentice under a seasoned electrician.
Synonyms
Working for a skilled person under an official agreement to learn a trade
Compounds
- Informal
A person who starts something and then loses control, causing big problems
How Skilled
Surface Forms
Etymology
Apprentice (verb) comes from the same Latin root apprendere, meaning 'to take' or 'to grasp'. To apprentice with someone is to 'take' a skill from them by working and learning with them.