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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
apprentice
ap·pren·tice [apprentice apprentices apprenticed apprenticing] noun, verb BrE [əˈprentɪs] NAmE [əˈprentɪs]
noun
a young person who works for an employer for a fixed period of time in order to learn the particular skills needed in their job
•an apprentice electrician/chef
Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old French aprentis (from apprendre ‘learn’, from Latin apprehendere ‘apprehend’), on the pattern of words ending in -tis, -tif, from Latin -tivus (see ↑-ive).
Example Bank:
•She joined us as an apprentice chef in 1990.
•an apprentice electrician/plumber/bricklayer/jockey/chef
verb usually passive ~ sb (to sb) (as sth) (old-fashioned)
to make sb an ↑apprentice
•He was apprenticed to his uncle as a carpenter.
Verb forms: 
Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old French aprentis (from apprendre ‘learn’, from Latin apprehendere ‘apprehend’), on the pattern of words ending in -tis, -tif, from Latin -tivus (see ↑-ive).
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