tutor
Americannoun
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a person employed to instruct another in some branch or branches of learning, especially a private instructor.
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a teacher of academic rank lower than instructor in some American universities and colleges.
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a teacher without institutional connection who assists students in preparing for examinations.
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(especially at Oxford and Cambridge) a university officer, usually a fellow, responsible for teaching and supervising a number of undergraduates.
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the guardian of a boy or girl below the age of puberty or majority.
verb (used with object)
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to act as a tutor to; teach or instruct, especially privately.
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to have the guardianship, instruction, or care of.
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to instruct underhandedly; coach.
to tutor a witness before he testifies.
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Archaic.
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to train, school, or discipline.
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to admonish or reprove.
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verb (used without object)
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to act as a tutor or private instructor.
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to study privately with a tutor.
noun
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a teacher, usually instructing individual pupils and often engaged privately
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(at universities, colleges, etc) a member of staff responsible for the teaching and supervision of a certain number of students
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Scots law the guardian of a pupil See pupil 1
verb
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to act as a tutor to (someone); instruct
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(tr) to act as guardian to; have care of
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(intr) to study under a tutor
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rare (tr) to admonish, discipline, or reprimand
Related Words
See teach.
Other Word Forms
- mistutor verb
- subtutor noun
- subtutorship noun
- tutorage noun
- tutorless adjective
- tutorship noun
- undertutor noun
- well-tutored adjective
Etymology
Origin of tutor
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin tūtor protector, equivalent to tū- (variant stem of tuērī to guard; tutelage ) + -tor -tor
Example Sentences
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“One is a substitute teaching position this fall. The other is for a summer tutoring program. I might even get to teach French.”
From Literature
He scrapes together about $290 a month by teaching English and tutoring students who themselves dream of landing a government job, where millions compete for a few positions and prestigious posts require passing arduous exams.
A self-portrait created during that time, which now hangs in the Tate Britain, so impressed her tutor Frederick Brown that he bought it and it hung in his home.
From BBC
In high school, he started a tutoring business that he later sold.
From Los Angeles Times
Stalnuhhin said he had heard complaints from many distressed parents, adding that some hired tutors to help their children.
From Barron's
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