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Mentor
1[ men-ter ]
noun
- a town in NE Ohio.
Mentor
2[ men-tawr, -ter ]
noun
- (in the Odyssey ) a loyal adviser of Odysseus entrusted with the care and education of Telemachus.
mentor
3[ men-tawr, -ter ]
noun
verb (used without object)
- to act as a mentor:
She spent years mentoring to junior employees.
verb (used with object)
- to act as a mentor to:
The brash young executive did not wish to be mentored by anyone.
Mentor
1/ ˈmɛntɔː /
noun
- the friend whom Odysseus put in charge of his household when he left for Troy. He was the adviser of the young Telemachus
mentor
2/ ˈmɛntɔː /
noun
- a wise or trusted adviser or guide
verb
- to act as a mentor to (someone); train
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Derived Forms
- menˈtorial, adjective
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Other Words From
- men·tor·ship noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Mentor1
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Example Sentences
He’s also a mentor with the East Bay College Fund, which works with minority college students coming from underprivileged communities.
However, aside from the role of Shopify COO Harley Finkelstein as one of the show’s mentors, the series will not be larded with Shopify’s branding or promotion of its platform.
A mentor from Hive and the support of a machine-learning team helped her build a program that determines the threat of violence from unlabeled pictures or video footage.
For younger staffers who are ready to take on more responsibilities, or want their company to sponsor them to take a class, or they want a mentor, they need to ask for it.
So I did a research internship with him and he was an important mentor for me.
By reaching out to a local high school or non-profit to become a mentor for a high achieving, low-income student.
He made no bones about his great admiration for FDR, who was his mentor, and he had roots too in the Truman administration.
A group of them mentor the turbulent, desperate kids fresh off the streets who are at their most violent when they first arrive.
“My esteemed mentor, Boris Fruman, showed us 100 slides of stills from films,” says Granik.
At 17, she attended the Durango Songwriters Expo, a summit where 30 music industry professionals mentor 200 some-odd attendees.
Although he was on the eve of his departure for Lucknau, he was, nevertheless, kind enough to become my Mentor.
"Ugly Collins has either lost his time-card er has traded his wagon fer a airyplane," said the mentor.
However, their guide, mentor, and boss had a faraway look in his eye—seemed impatient to get going.
Frank is my social mentor, though I care little about society in the general acceptance of the term.
The King pleaded in vain that he might still serve as mentor in the coming negotiation; the Emperor scornfully refused.
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More About Mentor
What does mentor mean?
A mentor is the main person you rely on to give you advice and guidance, especially in your career.
Mentor can also be used as a verb meaning to act as a mentor, as in I mentor two of my students.
If you have a mentor, you are the mentee.
Example: It feels strange to me that I’m now more famous than my mentor—I wouldn’t be where I am without her.
Where does mentor come from?
Even your mentor might not have known that the word mentor comes from a proper name—though a fictional one. In the Odyssey, Mentor is a loyal adviser of Odysseus entrusted with the care and education of his son Telemachus. The first records of mentor used in English as a noun referring to an advisor come from the 1700s. Mentor wasn’t popularly used as a verb until the 1900s. (Similar to most mentor-mentee relationships, mentee is much younger—the first records of it come from the 1960s.)
The word mentor is most commonly used in professional and academic contexts. In academia, a mentor is usually a teacher, especially a professor, and their mentee is typically a student. A mentor may act as a model for the mentee’s career and help them decide which path to pursue. The same thing goes for professional mentor-mentee relationships, in which the mentor is usually a boss or a person who holds a more senior position. Because mentors draw on their experience to mentor mentees, mentors are usually older. In all cases, the two words imply a close relationship based on the mentee’s respect for the mentor’s wisdom and experience and the mentor’s recognition of the mentee’s dedication and potential.
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- mentorship (noun)
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How is mentor used in real life?
Mentor is typically used by mentees when referring to such a relationship.
A basketball coach should be a coach, a teacher, a mentor, a good example, a counselor, a positive influence, someone players trust, someone they can learn life skills from, and someone who will support and believe in them. If this ain’t for you, then neither is coaching.
— William Payne 🧩 (@TweetsbyCoachP) May 27, 2020
you know those scenes in movies where a cool older mentor gives their mentee a stack of albums that’ll “change their life” or whatever? i wanna do that but with a sleeve of burned CDs & be like “autobiography – simpson. metamorphosis – duff. let go – lavigne. misundaztood—
— Jill Gutowitz (@jillboard) January 31, 2020
I love mentoring young kids! It's an amazing feeling when you see them finally getting it! Mentoring= coaching+teaching+loving x working
— Ed Geth (@CoachGeth) October 21, 2014
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Is mentor used correctly in the following sentence?
When you mentor someone, it involves more than just teaching and giving advice—it also requires listening.
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