apprenticeship

[uh-pren-tis-ship]

noun

1. a program or position in which someone learns a trade by working under a certified expert.

   The course provides students with a good base for securing apprenticeships in the plumbing and gasfitting industries.

2. the state or position of any learner or novice.

   His apprenticeship in political struggle was gained in the Spanish Civil War.

Word History and Origins

Origin of apprenticeship¹

apprentice ( def. ) + -ship ( def. )

Example Sentences

She works alongside quantity surveyor Jack Little, who combined an apprenticeship with a degree at the University of South Wales and now "luckily" works five minutes from his house.

From BBC

Instead, he said the government would pursue a new target for young people going on to university, further education, or a "gold standard apprenticeship" by the age of 25.

From BBC

To loud applause from the hall, he promised that he would replace it with "a new ambition, that two-thirds of our children should go either to university or take on a gold standard apprenticeship."

From BBC

Sir Keir said the target would be changed to two-thirds of young people going to university or "gold standard apprenticeships".

From BBC

The scheme builds on a "youth guarantee", announced last November, which promised every 18 to 21-year-old in England access to an apprenticeship, training, education opportunities or help to find a job.

From BBC

Related Words

• culture 
• discipline 
• improvement 
• information 
• learning 
• literacy 
• scholarship 
• schooling 
• science 
• study 
• teaching 
• training