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tutor

[too-ter, tyoo-]

noun

  1. a person employed to instruct another in some branch or branches of learning, especially a private instructor.

  2. a teacher of academic rank lower than instructor in some American universities and colleges.

  3. a teacher without institutional connection who assists students in preparing for examinations.

  4. (especially at Oxford and Cambridge) a university officer, usually a fellow, responsible for teaching and supervising a number of undergraduates.

  5. the guardian of a boy or girl below the age of puberty or majority.



verb (used with object)

  1. to act as a tutor to; teach or instruct, especially privately.

  2. to have the guardianship, instruction, or care of.

  3. to instruct underhandedly; coach.

    to tutor a witness before he testifies.

  4. Archaic.Ìý

    1. to train, school, or discipline.

    2. to admonish or reprove.

verb (used without object)

  1. to act as a tutor or private instructor.

  2. to study privately with a tutor.

tutor

/ ˈ³ÙÂá³Ü˳ÙÉ™ /

noun

  1. a teacher, usually instructing individual pupils and often engaged privately

  2. (at universities, colleges, etc) a member of staff responsible for the teaching and supervision of a certain number of students

  3. Scots law the guardian of a pupil See pupil 1

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to act as a tutor to (someone); instruct

  2. (tr) to act as guardian to; have care of

  3. (intr) to study under a tutor

  4. rareÌý(tr) to admonish, discipline, or reprimand

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms

  • tutorless adjective
  • tutorship noun
  • mistutor verb
  • subtutor noun
  • subtutorship noun
  • undertutor noun
  • well-tutored adjective
  • ˈ³Ù³Ü³Ù´Ç°ù²¹²µ±ð noun
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of tutor1

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin ³ÙÅ«³Ù´Ç°ù protector, equivalent to ³ÙÅ«- (variant stem of ³Ù³Üŧ°ùÄ« to guard; tutelage ) + -tor -tor
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of tutor1

C14: from Latin: a watcher, from ³Ù³Üŧ°ùÄ« to watch over
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Synonym Study

See teach.
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Imagine a lifelong companion, a friend, who can advise you on a mortgage, tutor your kids, instruct on how best to handle a difficult friendship, or counsel you on how to deal with grief.

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No, Owen’s upstairs playing swing ball with his tutor.

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She wrote and edited for the Stanford Daily and Stanford’s literary magazine, and tutored high school students in humanities classrooms across the bay.

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He couldn’t afford private schools or tutors, and balked at home-schooling formats and curricula for his daughter, feeling he knew his child best.

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Tristan's 15-year-old daughter experiences anxiety and is tutored in English and Maths.

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