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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
apprentice
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
young
▪ Graeme did all the cooing at first but has now turned his saucepans over to his talented young apprentice, Steve Webb.
▪ While they were drinking the tea, a young apprentice arrived.
▪ Once at work, what was life like for the young apprentice?
■ VERB
become
▪ He married Betsy Adcock, the daughter of a Whittington shopkeeper, and their young William became an apprentice shoemaker in 1796.
▪ You can become an apprentice San Francisco character.
▪ Leaving school, he became an engineering apprentice with Ruston Proctor &038; Co.
▪ Some became apprentices who worked beside a master craftsman to become competent in their field.
▪ He became an apprentice tailor at the age of 10 or 11.
▪ The visits to Miss Havisham's cease when she pays for Pip to become Joe's apprentice.
▪ He was educated at local schools, including the Devonport Classical and Mathematical School, and became an apprentice to his father.
▪ Like Hooker, he was saved from becoming an apprentice by his schoolmaster.
train
▪ He already trains apprentices, and now welcomes any potential carving students.
▪ But after seeing how broadly trained the apprentices were, employees began to press for even more.
▪ He still enjoyed the hands-on side of mechanics and had enjoyed assisting in the training of apprentices.
▪ Only a Meister can train apprentices or operate a shop.
▪ The offshore industry has trained a handful of apprentices, but these do not compare with its labour requirements.
▪ Grail engineering employs forty people, and is currently training twelve apprentices.
work
▪ Samuel Oldknow was generally regarded as a humane employer, but even he expected his apprentices to work for thirteen hours.
▪ Some became apprentices who worked beside a master craftsman to become competent in their field.
▪ I have run across a number of apprentices who worked long hours in part-time jobs in addition to their apprenticeships.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ A 'Meister' in Germany serves a nine-year apprenticeship before he can run his own shop.
▪ an apprentice chef
▪ I worked as an apprentice electrician for 18 months.
▪ John recalled his apprenticeship to a blacksmith in the early years of the Second World War.
▪ When I finish classes, I'm hoping to land a summer job as a chef's apprentice.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But after seeing how broadly trained the apprentices were, employees began to press for even more.
▪ He already trains apprentices, and now welcomes any potential carving students.
▪ He was an apprentice electrician at Watneys brewery in Mortlake.
▪ If books did not supply apprentices with much, neither did formal training programs, which scarcely existed.
▪ In his system, he would say, apprentices really learn.
▪ In this context, apprentices offer a cheap source of labor.
▪ Leaving school, he became an engineering apprentice with Ruston Proctor & Co.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Apprentice

Apprentice \Ap*pren"tice\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Apprenticed; p. pr. & vb. n. Apprenticing.] To bind to, or put under the care of, a master, for the purpose of instruction in a trade or business.

Apprentice

Apprentice \Ap*pren"tice\, n. [OE. apprentice, prentice, OF. aprentis, nom. of aprentif, fr. apprendare to learn, L. apprendere, equiv. to apprehendere, to take hold of (by the mind), to comprehend. See Apprehend, Prentice.]

  1. One who is bound by indentures or by legal agreement to serve a mechanic, 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.

  2. One not well versed in a subject; a tyro.

  3. (Old law) A barrister, considered a learner of law till of sixteen years' standing, when he might be called to the rank of serjeant. [Obs.]
    --Blackstone.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
apprentice

c.1300, from Old French aprentiz "someone learning" (13c., Modern French apprenti, taking the older form as a plural), also as an adjective, "unskilled, inexperienced," from aprendre (Modern French apprendre) "to learn; to teach," contracted from Latin apprehendere (see apprehend). Shortened form prentice long was more usual in English.

apprentice

1630s, from apprentice (n.). Related: Apprenticed; apprenticing.

Wiktionary
apprentice

n. 1 A trainee, especially in a skilled trade. 2 (context historical English) 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. 3 (context dated English) One not well versed in a subject; a tyro or newbie. vb. 1 (context transitive English) To put under the care and supervision of a master, for the purpose of instruction in a trade or business. 2 (context transitive English) To be an apprentice to.

WordNet
apprentice

adj. in training; "an apprentice carpenter" [syn: apprentice(a)]

apprentice

n. works for an expert to learn a trade [syn: learner, prentice]

apprentice

v. be or work as an apprentice; "She apprenticed with the great master"

Wikipedia
Apprentice (film)

Apprentice is a 2016 Singaporean drama film directed by Boo Junfeng. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.

The film focuses on a young prisons officer meeting an older colleague, whom is revealed to be the chief executioner. As their relationships intensifies, their backstories are revealed throughout the course of the film. It also touches on the death penalty from an executioner's point of view.

Apprentice (video game)

Apprentice is a PC point-and-click amateur adventure game released by Herculean Effort Productions as freeware in 2003. It was created using Adventure Game Studio. The game begins with a dream of a young wizard apprentice, Pib, in which he is confronted by Lord Ironcrow, the ruler of the region. In the dream, Ironcrow tries to persuade him to become a soldier. After refusing, Pib wakes up, screaming. His teacher comes to check that everything is all right, and informs him that today is a special day for Pib - it's time he prepared his very first spell. The rest of the game is spent finding proper ingredients.

The project was started as a side project while the makers worked on The Find, introducing the player to the game world and some of its characters. Therefore, the game was criticised for its shortness and a lack of any real storyline. Furthermore, the dream sequence at the beginning of the game bears no relevance to the rest of the game. Nevertheless, Apprentice was praised for its high production values. It is even mentioned as a good example of a game created with Adventure Game Studio in the book Gaming Hacks published by O'Reilly Media and it won four AGS Awards in 2003 for Best Room Art, Best Character Art, Best Animation and Best Music.

The first version of Apprentice was released on 10 July 2003. The first bug fix version, which also added a bonus puzzle to the game, was released on the 28th. Two years later, on 29 May 2005, HEP released a Deluxe version of the game, which improved animations and music and added voice overs to the game.

The Apprentice series is planned as a trilogy. The second part Apprentice II: The Knight's Move was released in 2004. The release date of the last part, Apprentice III: Checkmate! is not yet known.

Apprentice (software)

Apprentice is a program that assists in playing Magic: The Gathering over the Internet and maintains a searchable database of Magic cards. It was developed by Dragonstar Studios from 1996 to 1999 and based on an earlier program from 1995 by Tan Thor Jen. Christopher Warden, owner of Dragonstar Studios, acquired the code for the original 1995 Apprentice, which was written in Visual Basic. It was then ported to Delphi by Mike Allen and after creation of the 1.0 port development was continued by Ryan Davis. The last release was in the version 1.4 branch and a 2.0 branch, developed by Davis, was promised in the future. However, Dragonstar Studios disbanded. In 2007 Apprentice 2.0 was open sourced. In 2012 Apprentice started being updated again, the new website is http://apprentice.nu

Usage examples of "apprentice".

The older apprentice, Charlie, sauntered into their office, whistling a tune, and smiling cheekily at the two women.

No sooner had she stopped, than Charlie, the older apprentice, appeared from the front of the garage, sauntered across the ground between the garage and the road, and casually climbed into the passenger seat of the expensive car.

The tiny white van, holding back in case the apprentice should turn and see them, proceeded at a safe distance, following the quarry past the school and the new flats until they reached the University gate.

There was no real reason for them to follow the apprentice and this woman.

Matekoni were to try to persuade the apprentice to return, it might work, but at the same time it could have dire consequences for his future behaviour.

This man can then do all the unskilled work in the garage, as if he were an apprentice on the first day of his apprenticeship.

MATEKONI was busy at lunchtime, taking the remaining apprentice off with him to deal with a breakdown out on the Molepolole Road.

But in her view there was always more beneath the surface, and they had of course seen the lady and the apprentice drive into Mr J.

What if there were to be an article in the newspapers reporting that an apprentice from Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors had been arrested by the police in connection with some racket?

Matekoni was off fetching spare parts from the motor trades distributor with whom he dealt, and Mr Polopetsi was helping the younger apprentice to fix the suspension on a hearse.

The apprentice was standing beside the car on which they had been working and was looking at them intently.

Matekoni had explained to the apprentice what needed to be done to the car which had been brought in for servicing, the three of them set off in the truck, leaving Mma Makutsi alone in the office.

Mma Makutsi had witnessed the scene from the office doorway, standing just far back enough not to be seen by the chastened apprentice, but in a good position to listen to what was said.

He had assumed that the return of the apprentice would mean the end of his job, and there was a resignation about his manner that day and the next.

Only when an apprentice became a journeyman was it usual for him to take private quarters.