tutorial

[too-tawr-ee-uhl, -tohr-, tyoo-]

adjective

1. pertaining to or exercised by a tutor.

   tutorial functions or authority.

noun

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

/ tjuːˈtɔːrɪəl /

noun

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

adjective

1. of or relating to a tutor

Other Word Forms

• nontutorial adjective
• nontutorially adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of tutorial¹

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

Example Sentences

Allianz, a major travel-insurance company, says in one of its online tutorials that there may be as many as 28 covered reasons for trip cancellation and as many as 20 for trip interruption.

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Persaud, an accountant and part-time driving instructor from Fort Lee, is giving me a tutorial—or rather a refresher course—on how to operate a manual transmission.

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Another Jewish student who was in a tutorial in Edinburgh Tuesday said it was disrupted by protesters chanting “Globalize the intifada from Edinburgh to Gaza.”

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She also shares video tutorials on TikTok which have racked up thousands of views.

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Videos of make-up tutorials, pranks, unboxing products - and lots of cooking.

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Related Words

• guide