TRAINEE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does trainee mean? 

• TRAINEE (noun)
  The noun TRAINEE has 1 sense:

1. someone who is being trained

  Familiarity information: TRAINEE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRAINEE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who is being trained

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("trainee" is a kind of...):

beginner; initiate; novice; tiro; tyro (someone new to a field or activity)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "trainee"):

cadet; plebe (a military trainee (as at a military academy))

Derivation:

train (undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession)

train (create by training and teaching)

train (educate for a future role or function)

train (develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control)

traineeship (financial aid that enables you to get trained for a specified job)

 Context examples 

This supplement does not require any additional effort from the trainee.

(Institution Supplementation, NCI Thesaurus)

A description of the kind and extent of supervision, guidance and advice that the mentor intends to contribute to the trainee during the proposed award period.

(Mentor's Statement, NCI Thesaurus)