tutor

Definition

  • noun: a teacher who works with one student
  • noun: a person charged with the instruction and guidance of another
  • verb: to teach a single student
  • verb: to have the guardianship, tutelage, or care of
  • synonyms: treasurer, keeper, guardian

Examples

  • She spent her evenings 'tutoring' her son in math. [=helping her son study math]

  • Some teachers stay after school to 'tutor' [='coach'] struggling students.

  • She earned extra money 'tutoring' in the evening.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Why not come Randy and Mindy? I'm not his legal guardian, my love. It would be a kidnapping. I can not ... What will happen? #What happens when the tutor is dangerous and abusive legal? I do not know, honey. #I called his mom. I called the protection agencies. Here I have you and your brother. (..)
    2014 Boyhood