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

  • (..) the court can request a prison term of one to three years. - Well? - What? No, I didn't know. His daughter's tutor can testify. Can she come in tomorrow? I don't want her or the school involved. It's not good for my daughter. You trash. You've killed my child. (..)
    2011 A Separation
  • (..) He can claim that he couldn't guess. I didn't think a pregnant woman would come for this kind of work. Your honour, I spoke of my pregnancy in front of him, his daughter and her tutor. They all heard it. When? I don't remember. No, of course you wouldn't remember. (..)
    2011 A Separation