apprenticeship
pronunciation
How to pronounce apprenticeship in British English:
UK [əˈprentɪʃɪp]
How to pronounce apprenticeship in American English:
US [əˈprɛntɪsʃɪp]
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- Noun:
- the position of apprentice
Word Origin
- apprenticeship (n.)
- 1590s, from apprentice (n.) + -ship. Replaced earlier apprenticehood (late 14c., with -hood).
Example
- 1. It was an unusual apprenticeship .
- 2. Trainees will spend six weeks in one of the colleges in london , manchester , birmingham and leeds , before being placed with an employer in an 18-month apprenticeship .
- 3. Alison wolf of king 's college london argues that the government is wasting cash paying external observers to issue certificates that " workplace learning " has occurred ; it used to be taken for granted that completing an apprenticeship meant that something had been learned .