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

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How to use coach in a sentence

Toronto coach Nick Nurse said he’s heard some players on his team say they were thinking about going home.
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They only turned to the system for difficulty scores, and then only if they disagreed with each other or if a coach questioned a gymnast’s score.
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So she began working with a performance coach on getting better at finishing at the rim, through contact, especially in transition.
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Of course, a major issue with players trying to develop away from their organizations is the lack of uniform access to facilities, tools and coaches.
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Red Stars coach Rory Dames complimented Savannah McCaskill, Katie Johnson and other young players after the semifinal.
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From behind a curtain, Trudeau is politely coaching the actors through the scene, encouraging them to go bigger.
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Mitchell said the cameras give administrators the ability to observe teachers in action and offer them tips and coaching.
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They were also, according to NHL coaching great Scotty Bowman, the greatest lineup in the history of hockey.
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It'll only buzz during "coaching" sessions that users voluntarily try out to help them build a habit of good posture.
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Over time, you could elect to do more coaching sessions if your daily scores started to drop.
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Our luggage, I remember, p. 5was carried on the roof of the carriage in the good old-fashioned coaching style.
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In the "good old coaching days" the turnpike tolls paid on a coach running daily from here to London amounted to £1,428 per year.
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Two minutes suffice for changing teams at the “Talbot,” and off that heir of the coaching age goes again.
The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries|Charles G. Harper
Busy days it had in coaching times, and its inns were of the best, as befitted a place where the coaches stopped to change teams.
The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries|Charles G. Harper
And at this point the traveller in coaching times came within sight of his destination.
The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries|Charles G. Harper

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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