(n.) The service or condition of an apprentice; the state in which a person is gaining instruction in a trade or art, under legal agreement.
(n.) The time an apprentice is serving (sometimes seven years, as from the age of fourteen to twenty-one).
Example Sentences:
(1) The apprenticeship system for young people aged 15 and over who do not go to university is one example.
(2) For too long apprenticeships have been seen as the poor relation to higher education Time and again over the course of the last six years, austerity has hit hardest those living in the most-deprived areas.
(3) If we fail, then the whole apprenticeship opportunity will be lost once more.
(4) It is working in partnership with Skills for Health Academy North West, City of Liverpool College and local NHS trusts to deliver the first health informatics cadet apprenticeship course.
(5) The company has created an apprenticeship programme for surveyors as an alternative to university, although it also increased graduate recruits last year.
(6) He left school at 16 to serve an apprenticeship at the Savile Row tailors Anderson and Shephard, eventually making suits for Prince Charles.
(7) Millions of families are proud that their young people are now earning and learning through apprenticeships and other policies like creating jobs through the regional growth fund and supporting our innovative city deals.
(8) Brauksiepe says a key reason is Germany's dual apprenticeship programme, on which – according to the labour ministry – up to 60% of young people enrol.
(9) The rising confidence of our members paints the picture of a resilient industry on the up, despite economic headwinds in challenging overseas markets ... We want to see this continue in 2015 and for the government to get behind us even more with increased support for exporters and for apprenticeships.
(10) The apprenticeship levy is absolutely crucial to this,” he said.
(11) The report last month from the Young Women’s Trust found that although more women were now entering apprenticeships than men, they were paid less than their male counterparts and were less likely to go on to gain employment.
(12) The author describes the experiences, the series of "apprenticeships" and clinical exposures, which coalesced into his education, from teenage days in the New York Madison House settlement, through Harvard undergraduate and graduate work, to Worcester State Hospital as head of psychological services and research.
(13) The change would also simplify payrolls and encourage employers to offer apprenticeships.
(14) The government’s approach to this requires a lot more sophistication than we’ve seen so far.” Small businesses had more to cheer in the autumn statement, with many given exemption from the apprenticeship levy, and the chancellor pressing on with small business rate relief for 600,000 firms.
(15) In government, the coalition has announced 50,000 extra apprenticeship places.
(16) The government has pitched it to business as a way to end years of under-investment in training and solve skills shortages with 3m new apprenticeships by 2020.
(17) But Cameron veered from Libya to adoption, from apprenticeships to gay marriage, and on the economy, from optimism to pessimism.
(18) According to the documents, UK-based businesses would benefit from more than 60% of the cost of the project and 26,000 jobs and apprenticeships would be created during construction and after its opening.
(19) The patient is a 28-year-old hairdresser who began his apprenticeship after school and has worked in this profession since then.
(20) Apprenticeships need to be rigorous programmes of learning planned collaboratively by employers and education professionals with clear and explicit progression routes into employment.
Master
Definition:
(n.) A vessel having (so many) masts; -- used only in compounds; as, a two-master.
(n.) A male person having another living being so far subject to his will, that he can, in the main, control his or its actions; -- formerly used with much more extensive application than now. (a) The employer of a servant. (b) The owner of a slave. (c) The person to whom an apprentice is articled. (d) A sovereign, prince, or feudal noble; a chief, or one exercising similar authority. (e) The head of a household. (f) The male head of a school or college. (g) A male teacher. (h) The director of a number of persons performing a ceremony or sharing a feast. (i) The owner of a docile brute, -- especially a dog or horse. (j) The controller of a familiar spirit or other supernatural being.
(n.) One who uses, or controls at will, anything inanimate; as, to be master of one's time.
(n.) One who has attained great skill in the use or application of anything; as, a master of oratorical art.
(n.) A title given by courtesy, now commonly pronounced mister, except when given to boys; -- sometimes written Mister, but usually abbreviated to Mr.
(n.) A young gentleman; a lad, or small boy.
(n.) The commander of a merchant vessel; -- usually called captain. Also, a commissioned officer in the navy ranking next above ensign and below lieutenant; formerly, an officer on a man-of-war who had immediate charge, under the commander, of sailing the vessel.
(n.) A person holding an office of authority among the Freemasons, esp. the presiding officer; also, a person holding a similar office in other civic societies.
(v. t.) To become the master of; to subject to one's will, control, or authority; to conquer; to overpower; to subdue.
(v. t.) To gain the command of, so as to understand or apply; to become an adept in; as, to master a science.
(v. t.) To own; to posses.
(v. i.) To be skillful; to excel.
Example Sentences:
(1) Once the normal variations are mastered, appreciation of retinal, choroidal, optic nerve, and vitreal abnormalities is possible.
(2) There’s a fine line between pushing them to their limits and avoiding injury, and Alberto is a master at it.
(3) At the masters level, efforts are generally directed at utilization and evaluation of research more than design and implementation.
(4) He loved that I had a politics degree and a Masters.
(5) Learn from the masters The best way to recognise a good shot is to look at lots of other photographs.
(6) We’re all very upset right now,” said Daniel Ray, 24, in his third year of the divinity master’s degree program.
(7) The fitting element to a Cabrera victory would have been thus: the final round of the 77th Masters fell on the 90th birthday of Roberto De Vicenzo, the great Argentine golfer who missed out on an Augusta play-off by virtue of signing for the wrong score.
(8) The four members of the committee are all masters of wine, and the chairman is a retired diplomat, Sir David Wright.
(9) The master unit is probably present in all seven pairs.
(10) Examination of the role of the public health officer indicates that registered nurses with a master's degree in public health have, in many cases, more training and experience than physicians to function effectively in this role.
(11) The technique is readily mastered by any urologist experienced in endoscopic surgery.
(12) Here, the balance of power is clear: the master is dominating the servant – and not the other way around, as is the case with Google Now and the poor.
(13) Unions warned it could lead to a system where civil servants were loyal to their political masters rather than the taxpayer.
(14) Though there will be an open competition, the job is expected to go to Lord Dyson, who will step down from the supreme court to become master of the rolls.
(15) I can’t think about retiring,” said Miyazaki, who will compete in the Japanese masters championships next month.
(16) Each health educator would receive an adjunct appointment at the health-grant university and would be required to participate in special training sessions and to master progressive health education strategies.
(17) Part of the problem is that today's science is taking human capabilities to master nature to new levels.
(18) For Tóibín, it is the third time on the Booker shortlist following The Blackwater Lightship in 1999 and The Master in 2004.
(19) My immediate suspicion is that the pupil is taking the same course as the master, though I accept it is a large thesis to hang on beige furnishings.
(20) He will only be able to satisfy all the expectations if he masters, by virtue of his training and experience, the art of setting up a treatment plan with priorities.