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Meaning of mentee | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

A person who is being mentored.

Examples

“Near-synonyms: apprentice, buddy (in training sense), intern, pupil, student, trainee”
“The mentee occasionally teaches the class, regularly confers with students, conducts optional special study sessions, and relieves the professor of most clerical classroom functions”
“[T]he two characters form a beautiful mentor-mentee relationship in which each derives tremendous strength from the other”
“In some mentorship programs, the mentees get a say in whom they will be paired with. A 'mentee may be drawn to make certain connections based on a sense of their professional influence.”
“Her assistant, played by Noémie Merlant (another would-be conductor) appears to be someone else she is keeping on an emotional string, and she is being stalked by another former mentee who has become obsessed with her;[…]”
“In 2017, [Sam] Altman leaned into their disagreements and went on a tour of America, much like [Peter] Thiel’s other mentee [Mark] Zuckerberg, and spoke to one hundred Trump supporters.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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