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IELTS word

apprentice

/əˈprentɪs/noun

English definition

someone learning a skilled job while working

Common phrases / collocations

  1. young apprentice
  2. take on an apprentice
  3. carpenter’s apprentice

Example sentences

  1. 1.

    The apprentice learned to shape wood from the carpenter.

  2. 2.

    The workshop took on a new apprentice.

  3. 3.

    She began as an apprentice electrician.

Visual learning

See the meaning

An experienced carpenter guides a young adult apprentice who carefully uses a hand plane on a wooden board in a workshop.
someone learning a skilled job while working
1experienced worker guides
2new worker learns
experienced worker guides→new worker learns