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# apprentice

noun (an apprentice, apprentices); verb (be apprenticed to)

«apprentice» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A young person who learns a trade or skill by working with a skilled worker, usually for a set time and a small wage. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprentice/#m1)
2. A beginner learning from an expert in any field. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprentice/#m2)
3. (verb, passive) «be apprenticed to» means to be sent to work and learn under a master. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprentice/#m3)

### In the lessons

In adult life apprentices train as builders, mechanics, hairdressers and chefs. In stories the apprentice learns from a wizard, a blacksmith or a ship's captain (The Sorcerer's Apprentice). Phrases: «an apprentice electrician», «apprentice to», «be apprenticed to».

### Examples

- My brother is an apprentice plumber. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprentice/#x1)
- In the story the wizard's apprentice caused a flood. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprentice/#x2)
- She was apprenticed to a dressmaker. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprentice/#x3)
- Apprentices learn by watching and doing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprentice/#x4)
- The apprentice swept the workshop floor every morning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprentice/#x5)
- After four years the apprentice became a master carpenter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprentice/#x6)
- "What should you say, uncle, to taking me as an apprentice? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprentice/#x7)

### Note

Countable. «An apprentice» (vowel sound). The training period is an apprenticeship. In stories the apprentice often makes a mistake when the master is away.

## In Jewish tradition

Here it means a trading partner who is trained and learns from a greater power. Asshur is described as a pupil in trade of the great city of Tyre. In the primary lessons: In adult life apprentices train as builders, mechanics, hairdressers and chefs. In stories the apprentice learns from a wizard, a blacksmith or a ship's captain (The Sorcerer's Apprentice). Phrases: «an apprentice electrician», «apprentice to», «be apprenticed to».

### Examples

- Haran and Canneh and Eden, the traffickers of Sheba, Asshur was as thine apprentice in traffic. (Prophets EZK.27.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/apprentice/#x1)

### Note

Countable. «An apprentice» (vowel sound). The training period is an apprenticeship. In stories the apprentice often makes a mistake when the master is away.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «apprentice» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprentice/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«apprentice» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/apprentice.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «apprentice» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/apprentice/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«apprentice» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/apprentice.html) on Mova free.