tutorial

[too-tawr-ee-uh l, -tohr-, tyoo-]

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adjective

pertaining to or exercised by a tutor: tutorial functions or authority.

noun

a class in which a tutor gives intensive instruction in some subject to an individual student or a small group of students.
Computers.
1. programmed instruction provided to a user at a computer terminal, often concerning the use of a particular software package and built into that package.
2. a manual explaining how to use a particular software package or computer system.

Origin of tutorial

1735–45; < Latin tūtōri(us) of a guardian + -al¹

Related formsnon·tu·to·ri·al, adjectivenon·tu·to·ri·al·ly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for tutorial

Contemporary Examples

He also taught himself Photoshop through a tutorial, and became actively engaged in social networking in order to meet girls.
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Marlow Stern
March 13, 2012
Clinton offered a tutorial in how to sell a legislative package in simple terms.
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Howard Kurtz
December 10, 2010
It was enough to make the deliberations now unfolding on Capitol Hill seem like a Miss Manners tutorial.
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Benjamin Sarlin
October 6, 2009

Historical Examples

But even in Merton the germ of tutorial instruction was present.
An American at Oxford
John Corbin
Before 1856 the professorial system of teaching had long lain in abeyance, and the tutorial system had prevailed alone.
Oxford and Her Colleges
Goldwin Smith
And I understand that he has also taken his place among the regular subjects of the tutorial lectures.
Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age, Vol. 1 of 3
W. E. Gladstone
It must, of course, be remembered in extenuation that with all his social and tutorial duties, the don is very hard worked.
An American at Oxford
John Corbin
In his relation to these older students the grammar master may be regarded as the precursor of the system of tutorial instruction.
An American at Oxford
John Corbin

British Dictionary definitions for tutorial

tutorial

noun

a period of intensive tuition given by a tutor to an individual student or to a small group of students

adjective

of or relating to a tutor

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Word Origin and History for tutorial

adj.

1742, from tutor (n.) + -al (1). As a noun, attested from 1923.

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Examples from the Web for tutorial

Contemporary Examples

He also taught himself Photoshop through a tutorial, and became actively engaged in social networking in order to meet girls.

Clinton offered a tutorial in how to sell a legislative package in simple terms.

It was enough to make the deliberations now unfolding on Capitol Hill seem like a Miss Manners tutorial.

Historical Examples

But even in Merton the germ of tutorial instruction was present.

Before 1856 the professorial system of teaching had long lain in abeyance, and the tutorial system had prevailed alone.

And I understand that he has also taken his place among the regular subjects of the tutorial lectures.

It must, of course, be remembered in extenuation that with all his social and tutorial duties, the don is very hard worked.

In his relation to these older students the grammar master may be regarded as the precursor of the system of tutorial instruction.

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Word Origin and History for tutorial

adj.

Origin of tutorial