coach

[ kohch ]

/ koʊtʃ /

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noun

a large, horse-drawn, four-wheeled carriage, usually enclosed.

a public motorbus.

Also called air coach . a class of airline travel providing less luxurious accommodations than first class at a lower fare.

a person who trains an athlete or a team of athletes: a football coach.

a private tutor who prepares a student for an examination.

a person who instructs an actor or singer.

Baseball. a playing or nonplaying member of the team at bat who is stationed in the box outside first or third base to signal instructions to and advise base runners and batters.

Nautical. an after cabin in a sailing ship, located beneath the poop deck, for use especially by the commander of the ship.

a type of inexpensive automobile with a boxlike, usually two-door, body manufactured in the 1920s.

mobile home.

verb (used with object)

to give instruction or advice to in the capacity of a coach; instruct: She has coached the present tennis champion.

verb (used without object)

to act as a coach.

to go by or in a coach.

adverb

by coach or in coach-class accommodations: We flew coach from Denver to New York.

OTHER WORDS FOR coach

6 mentor, preceptor.

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Origin of coach

First recorded in 1550–60; 1840–50 for sense “tutor”; earlier coche(e), from Middle French coche, from German Kotsche, Kutsche, from Hungarian kocsi, short for kocsi szekér “cart of Kocs,” town on the main road between Vienna and Budapest; senses referring to tutoring from the conception of the tutor as one who carries the student through examinations

OTHER WORDS FROM coach

coach·a·ble, adjectivecoach·a·bil·i·ty, nounoutcoach, verb (used with object)o·ver·coach, verb

un·coach·a·ble, adjectiveun·coached, adjectivewell-coached, adjective

Words nearby coach

Cnut, Co, COA, coacervate, coacervation, coach, coach-and-four, coach bolt, coach box, coach-built, coach class

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How to use coach in a sentence

An assistant coach had to restrain Hill from going after the ref.
A rare disease, a covid diagnosis, a painful decision: The death of basketball coach Lew Hill|Dave Sheinin|February 11, 2021|Washington Post
Shaw’s experience of being around Bryant, both as teammate and coach, earns him a receptive ear from his inquisitive youngsters.
An NBA experiment lets draft prospects skip college, stay home and get paid to play|Michael Lee|February 11, 2021|Washington Post
A referee and two champion coaches showed that a woman’s place is on a Super Bowl fieldEntering the game, Reid said he expected Cheffers and umpire Fred Bryan to take a hands-off approach.
Referee already had a history with the Chiefs. The Super Bowl was the latest chapter.|Matt Bonesteel|February 8, 2021|Washington Post
Lori Locust, a defensive line assistant, and Maral Javadifar, an assistant strength and conditioning coach, have been working on Bruce Arians’s staff the past two seasons.
A referee and two champion coaches showed that a woman’s place is on a Super Bowl field|Cindy Boren|February 8, 2021|Washington Post

The Chiefs have an innovative coach, an all-time quarterback who is only 25 and loads of offensive and defensive weapons.
What went wrong for the Chiefs and Patrick Mahomes in a brutal Super Bowl defeat|Adam Kilgore|February 8, 2021|Washington Post
With a .700 career winning percentage as a coach in college and the NFL, Harbaugh is a winner.
Is Any College Football Coach Worth $60 Million? Jim Harbaugh Is|Jesse Lawrence|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At Michigan, he would be a formidable recruiter, able to evoke the tradition of his former iconic coach, Bo Schembechler.
Is Any College Football Coach Worth $60 Million? Jim Harbaugh Is|Jesse Lawrence|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Michigan supposedly offered 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh a $42 million contract, which would him the highest-paid coach in the NCAA.
Is Any College Football Coach Worth $60 Million? Jim Harbaugh Is|Jesse Lawrence|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Having just crossed the country in coach, I needed instant spiritual repair.
Beer Countries vs. Wine Countries|Clive Irving|December 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“Roughly a third” of the tuition goes to instructors, according to one former coach who asked not to be named.
The Secret World of Pickup Artist Julien Blanc|Brandy Zadrozny|December 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When she arrived she made a regular entry into the city in a coach all gold and glass, drawn by eight superb plumed horses.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
The father of Mr. Stacy Marks predestined him for the coach-building business.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 107, November 3, 1894|Various
On the state-coach went, down the steep, driving the mules madly before it.
The Soldier of the Valley|Nelson Lloyd
To quote Mrs. Kaye, 'A Liberal peer is as useful as a fifth wheel to a coach, and as ornamental as whitewash.'
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
A celebrated Coach in Anatomy says that no one can learn Anatomy until he has learned and forgotten it from three to seven times!
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)

British Dictionary definitions for coach

coach

/ (kəʊtʃ) /

noun

a vehicle for several passengers, used for transport over long distances, sightseeing, etc

a large four-wheeled enclosed carriage, usually horse-drawn

a railway carriage carrying passengers

a trainer or instructora drama coach

a tutor who prepares students for examinations

verb

to give tuition or instruction to (a pupil)

(tr) to transport in a bus or coach

Derived forms of coach

coacher, noun

Word Origin for coach

C16: from French coche, from Hungarian kocsi szekér wagon of Kocs, village in Hungary where coaches were first made; in the sense: to teach, probably from the idea that the instructor carried his pupils

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