apprenticeship
/əˈpɹɛn.tɪs.ʃɪp/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.47 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The condition of, or the time served by, an apprentice.
Example Sentences
- "There, however, he had disappointed expectation. In sooth, his genius was of too creative an order for the apprenticeship of learning; he needed life in its hopes, its fears, its endurance; all that the poet learns to reproduce."
- "Entry to shop grades is by apprenticeship, boys bring taken as apprentices on leaving school."
- "Apprenticeship programmes supply the industry with an ongoing cohort of qualified talent. It is much cheaper to train new people than to pay inflated wages to attract existing talent. Apprenticeships are also a useful way of teaching the practical, hands-on skills that the modern railway needs."
Etymology
Etymology tree English apprentice Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English apprenticeship From apprentice + -ship.