apprentice
noun
a person who works for another in order to learn a trade.
have apprenticed
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present perfectof apprentice.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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“Some people assume that because Stradivari was Cremonese and he was such a great violin maker, he must have apprenticed with Amati,” said Mr. Kelly, who was not involved in the new study.
From New York Times ● Jun. 8, 2022
Jean Anouilh was 22 when he wrote Thieves' Carnival in 1932, and appears to have apprenticed himself simultaneously to Noel Coward and the Marx Brothers.
From Time Magazine Archive
Otherwise, how could they have apprenticed their son at an early age to the Brussels painter Pieter Coeck van Aelst?
From Time Magazine Archive
On the whole, college-age poets have apprenticed themselves to a somewhat younger, far less celebrated set of leaders.
From Time Magazine Archive
Why couldn’t I have apprenticed with someone like him, instead of Dr. Lange?
From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys
