apprenticeship
noun
ap·pren·tice·ship
ə-ˈpren-tə(sh)-ˌship 
ə-ˈpren-təs-ˌship
1
: a position as an apprentice : an arrangement in which someone learns an art, trade, or job under another
He obtained an apprenticeship with a carpenter.
Later that year, he decided to become a barrister—a career that requires acceptance into an apprenticeship …—
Sidney Blumenthal
Sidney Blumenthal2
: the period of time when a person is an apprentice
During most of his apprenticeship he lived in Paris …—Robert Penn Warren
Robert Penn Warrena two-year apprenticeship
Examples of apprenticeship in a Sentence
only after long apprenticeship as a camera operator was he appointed director of photography on a major motion picture
Recent Examples on the Web
Heaven Hill also offers an apprenticeship program through its bottling facility in Bardstown.
—Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 25 June 2024
The curriculum combines flight, flight simulator, online and in-classroom training.
LIFT Academy also offers an aviation maintenance technician apprenticeship program.
—Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Apr. 2024
Many say that aggressive action is needed now to recruit trainees into apprenticeship programs and to change the mindset of school guidance counselors.
—Rick Barrett, Journal Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2024
Resolution's apprenticeship program is also in full swing, training local residents to take on mining jobs, which have grown more technical in nature than the old image of men swinging pickaxes in sweaty, sometimes rickety mine shafts.
—Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 29 Feb. 2024
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Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 25 June 2024
The curriculum combines flight, flight simulator, online and in-classroom training.
LIFT Academy also offers an aviation maintenance technician apprenticeship program.
—Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Apr. 2024
Many say that aggressive action is needed now to recruit trainees into apprenticeship programs and to change the mindset of school guidance counselors.
—Rick Barrett, Journal Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2024
Resolution's apprenticeship program is also in full swing, training local residents to take on mining jobs, which have grown more technical in nature than the old image of men swinging pickaxes in sweaty, sometimes rickety mine shafts.
—Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 29 Feb. 2024
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“Apprenticeship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apprenticeship. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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