tutorial

American  

[too-tawr-ee-uhl, -tohr-, tyoo-] / tuˈtɔr i əl, -ˈtoʊr-, tju- /

adjective

1. pertaining to or exercised by a tutor.

   tutorial functions or authority.

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noun

• tutorials
  plural

1. a class in which a tutor gives intensive instruction in some subject to an individual student or a small group of students.

2. 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.

tutorial British  

/ tjuːˈtɔːrɪəl /

noun

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

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adjective

1. of or relating to a tutor

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• nontutorial
  adjective
• nontutorially
  adverb

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• tutorials
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of tutorial

1735–45; < Latin tūtōri ( us ) of a guardian + -al ¹

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Explanation

A tutorial is a teaching session given to one student or a small group of students. If you are stuck in a class, you could use a tutorial. Teachers lead classes, but tutors are educators who also help students, usually one-on-one. Tutors don’t give grades: they just try to help or coach students. A session given by a tutor is called a tutorial. A tutorial could be a one-on-one session in a tutoring center or elsewhere. A tutorial could also be a small group led by a tutor, in which the tutor helps the whole group with math, history, or another topic.

Example Sentences

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Other events include a hair and makeup tutorial with Academy Award winners Joel Harlow and Howard Berger, and photo ops with many a classic Universal monster.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Instead, when I didn’t complete the tutorial, the algorithm canceled my classes.

From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026

He arrived without a driver’s license, according to Christopher Simon Sykes’s biography of the artist, and barely passed the test after a skimpy tutorial on a friend’s pickup truck.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

"Curiosity got the better of me and I watched a tutorial… Not that I needed it at all at the time."

From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026

When she told me the ridiculous price the contractor had quoted her for replacing it, I went online to find a tutorial on how to lay tile.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

"I can't read instruction manuals, but I've watched YouTube tutorials," he says, generating a growling bass line that sounds like the dawning of the apocalypse.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

“Our teams have worked for years to build safeguards, launch safety tutorials, partner with experts, and work with law enforcement to help prevent the misuse of our platform,” the spokesperson said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026

Makoa, who develops software tutorials in Nashville, says he looks “so much better” now, but sometimes he wishes he still had a full head of hair.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026

There are plenty of free budgeting apps, free balance-sheet templates, free retirement calculators and free YouTube tutorials.

From MarketWatch ● May 15, 2026

Jule’s makeup skills came from watching online tutorials.

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart

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