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See more synonyms for tutor on Thesaurus.com a person employed to instruct another in some branch or branches of learning, especially a private instructor. a teacher of academic rank lower than instructor in some American universities and colleges. a teacher without institutional connection who assists students in preparing for examinations. (especially at Oxford and Cambridge) a university officer, usually a fellow, responsible for teaching and supervising a number of undergraduates. the guardian of a boy or girl below the age of puberty or majority. Show More
to act as a tutor to; teach or instruct, especially privately. to have the guardianship, instruction, or care of. to instruct underhandedly; coach: to tutor a witness before he testifies. Archaic to train, school, or discipline. to admonish or reprove. Show More
verb (used without object) to act as a tutor or private instructor. to study privately with a tutor. Show More
Origin of tutor 1350–1400; Middle English <
Latin tūtor protector, equivalent to
tū- (variant stem of
tuērī to guard; see
tutelage ) +
-tor -tor Related forms tu·tor·less , adjective tu·tor·ship , noun mis·tu·tor , verb sub·tu·tor , noun sub·tu·tor·ship , noun un·der·tu·tor , noun well-tu·tored , adjective Dictionary.com Unabridged
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Examples from the Web for tutoring Contemporary Examples of tutoring I took on work in the evenings tutoring wealthy high-school students in math.
Today, more offer mentoring programs, tutoring , and extra counseling to help ease the transition.
Merryman, a lawyer turned writer/editor and operator of a tutoring program for inner-city kids, does not have children of her own.
Historical Examples of tutoring I did have a condition in French, and Miss Carter was tutoring me, just as you thought.
Every one requires some of it, but many must take months of tutoring .
But I could live on it, and in any case it was better than slaving at tutoring .
My teacher has often said that the reason she has kept on tutoring me is because I look like a sister she once had.
I want some tutoring in Latin, and he said he thought you could take me on.
British Dictionary definitions for tutoring a teacher, usually instructing individual pupils and often engaged privately (at universities, colleges, etc) a member of staff responsible for the teaching and supervision of a certain number of students Scots law the guardian of a pupil See pupil 1 (def. 2) Show More
to act as a tutor to (someone); instruct (tr) to act as guardian to; have care of (intr) mainly US to study under a tutor (tr) rare to admonish, discipline, or reprimand Show More
Derived Forms tutorage or tutorship , noun Word Origin for tutor C14: from Latin: a watcher, from tuērī to watch over
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Word Origin and History for tutoring n. late 14c., "guardian, custodian," from Old French tutour "guardian, private teacher," from Latin tutorem (nominative tutor ) "guardian, watcher," from tutus , variant past participle of tueri "watch over," of unknown origin. Specific sense of "senior boy appointed to help a junior in his studies" is recorded from 1680s.
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v. 1590s, from tutor (n.). Related: Tutored ; tutoring .
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