What part of speech is apprenticed?

Apprenticed can be categorized as a verb and an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. apprenticed is a verb, past participle of apprentice (infinitive).
  • 2. apprenticed is a verb, past simple of apprentice (infinitive).
  • 3. apprenticed is an adjective.

Inflections

Verb

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • more apprenticed
    most apprenticed
  • Positive: apprenticed 
  • Comparative: more apprenticed
  • Superlative: most apprenticed

What does apprenticed mean?

Definitions

Adjective

apprenticed - bound by contract

Verb

apprentice - be or work as an apprentice; "She apprenticed with the great master"

Examples of apprenticed

#   Sentence  
1. verb The only reason I switched away from them in the first place is because my good friend who apprenticed with them was starting out on his own.
2. verb When John was fourteen he was apprenticed to the trade of carpenter.
Sentence  
verb
The only reason I switched away from them in the first place is because my good friend who apprenticed with them was starting out on his own.
When John was fourteen he was apprenticed to the trade of carpenter.

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