tutorial

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

    • programmed instruction provided to a user at a computer terminal, often concerning the use of a particular software package and built into that package.

    • a manual explaining how to use a particular software package or computer system.

Origin of tutorial

1
1735–45; <Latin tūtōri(us) of a guardian + -al1

Other words from tutorial

  • non·tu·to·ri·al, adjective
  • non·tu·to·ri·al·ly, adverb

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British Dictionary definitions for tutorial

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

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