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

My $1,330.13 suddenly seemed less like an achievement and more like a tutorial level.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

"I learned to tie a bow tie by watching a tutorial on YouTube," says Crawford.

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026

Employees across the company said they have been encouraged to attend AI tutorial meetings several times a week and frequent AI hackathons, and to create their own AI tools to speed up their work.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 22, 2026

Whatever skivvying or humble nursing she did, and however well or hard she did it, whatever illumination in tutorial she had relinquished, or lifetime moment on a college lawn, she would never undo the damage.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

It felt both novel and immediately familiar — a post-pandemic child of all those sourdough starters and focaccia tutorials, but also just the latest person to rediscover an old truth.

From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026

I’ve gone down the rabbit hole of chess tutorials on TikTok and YouTube that teach me how to play better.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 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

Until recently, she regularly posted AI videos to her 10 million TikTok followers and 50,000 Instagram followers, often alongside tutorials explaining how to make them.

From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026

“Well, you probably haven’t noticed,” S.Q. said, “but I’m a little slow on the pick-up. Mr. Curtain sometimes has me sit in on these tutorials, to refresh my memory about certain things.”

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart

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