Apprenticeship
/əˈpɹɛn.tɪs.ʃɪp/ noun
noun ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The condition of, or the time served by, an apprentice.
- 2 the position of apprentice wordnet
- 3 The system by which a person learning a craft or trade is instructed by a master for a set time under set conditions.
"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."
Synonyms
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More examples"Apprenticeship is a system where you eat, sleep and live with your master and are taught various martial arts know-how and secrets."
Etymology
From apprentice + -ship.