trainee

«trainee» in Mova's school dictionary: a person who is being taught how to do a job — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a trainee, trainees); adjective-like before a noun (a trainee teacher)

meaning for a pupil

A trainee is a person who is being taught how to do a job. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life you meet trainee teachers in school, trainee nurses in hospital and trainee drivers. It tells the reader that the person is still learning. Phrases: trainee teacher, trainee nurse, trainee pilot, trainee chef.

examples

• Our class has a trainee teacher this term. tree →
• The trainee chef chopped the onions. tree →
• Every trainee pilot practises in a simulator first. tree →
• The trainee wore a badge that said "In training". tree →
• Be patient with trainees; they are still learning. tree →
• She started as a trainee and is now the manager. tree →

note

Countable. The -ee ending means the person something is done to (trainee = the one trained; trainer = the one who trains), like employee/employer. Trap: trainers in the UK are also sports shoes.

In the corpora

• K-pop singers usually train for years before their first show, and many trainees never become stars at all.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «trainee» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.