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

  • (..) I have a very strict schedule. My days are all planned out. I get up in the morning... breakfast, math tutor, Latin tutor, lunch, tennis lessons, dance lessons... sometimes both... French tutor, piano lesson, then I eat dinner. And after dinner (..)
    2004 The Notebook