TUTOR | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of tutor in English tutornoun [ C ] uk /ˈtjuː.tər/ us /ˈtuː.t̬ɚ/ Add to word list Add to word list a teacher who teaches a student outside school, especially in order to give them extra help with a subject they find difficult: His parents got him a tutor to help with his maths. His tutor encouraged him to use flashcards to help him study new vocabulary.home tutor During my illness I was taught by a series of home tutors. B2 In the UK and some other countries, a teacher at a college or university who teaches one student or a small group and may also be responsible for giving help and advice to students on personal matters : He was painstaking with less able students, encouraging and demanding with gifted ones and serious about a university tutor's pastoral responsibilities. He enrolled in Tribhuvan University, where tutors awarded him a master's in geography. I got on well with my French tutor at college. UK a teacher at a school who is responsible for giving help and advice to a student or group of students on school and personal matters: form tutor Your form tutor will take the register each day.personal tutor Every pupil at the school is cared for by a personal tutor who remains with the tutor group throughout the pupil's school career.tutor group Dan and I were in the same tutor group at secondary school. Teachers

• academician
• ALNCo
• associate professor
• board of education
• co-principal
• headship
• headteacher
• homeschooler
• housemaster
• housemistress
• professorship
• rector
• residence
• schoolie
• schoolmarm
• teaching assistant
• tenure track
• trainer
• tutorial
• visiting

See more results » tutorverb [ T ] uk /ˈtʃuː.tər/ us /ˈtuː.t̬ɚ/ to teach a child outside of school, especially in order to give the child extra help with a subject he or she finds difficult: Oscar tutors our son in maths. to teach someone

• teachShe is teaching me French.
• instructHis job is to instruct people in the use of the gym equipment.
• trainShe trains new hairdressers.
• coachHe coaches young football players.
• tutorShe tutors students in French.
• educateHow much does it cost to educate a child privately?

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• Her parents decided to have her tutored.
• His maths skills were weak, so she tutored him over the summer.
• Eventually his parents removed him from school and tutored him at home.
• He was born into a wealthy Hungarian family and was tutored privately.

Teaching in general

• asynchronous
• Bloom's taxonomy
• chief academic officer
• CLIL
• clue
• edifying
• hothouse
• inculcate
• indenture
• instructional design
• instructional designer
• interactive whiteboard
• knock
• knock (some) sense into someone idiom
• popularize
• self-educated
• self-educating
• self-education
• self-instruction
• self-instructional

See more results » (Definition of tutor from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

tutor | American Dictionary

tutornoun [ C ] us /ˈtu·t̬ər/ Add to word list Add to word list a teacher paid to work privately with one student or a small group tutorverb [ T ] us /ˈtu·t̬ər/ to teach by working with one student or a small group, esp. one which needs special help: Volunteers from the college tutor elementary school children in reading, mathematics, and science. (Definition of tutor from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of tutor

tutor Automated modelling may even enable new applications, such as tutoring system design in engineering. From the Cambridge English Corpus The detail is excellent and the information on colour and textiles is also invaluable to tutors and designers. From the Cambridge English Corpus We did not have a naturally occurring corpus of human-written summaries, since tutors normally give feedback orally. From the Cambridge English Corpus While online teaching in post-compulsory education is the focus of much research today, the training of online tutors has largely been neglected. From the Cambridge English Corpus Using evaluation in the design of an intelligent tutoring system. From the Cambridge English Corpus Virtually every study of tutoring in reading has found it to be highly effective, but the reasons for its effectiveness are relatively unexplored. From the Cambridge English Corpus To understand and improve the tutor's effectiveness requires finer-grained analyses. From the Cambridge English Corpus As a result, they are less likely to reveal their opinions, tend to hide their abilities, and seldom challenge the authority of tutors and parents. From the Cambridge English Corpus As result, the full potential of qualitative models as a key component of tutoring systems and interactive learning environments is still to be established. From the Cambridge English Corpus The tutors' skills developed, as did the teachers' and confidence in the tutors, suggesting benefits for all involved in the peer tutoring process. From the Cambridge English Corpus In the case of tutoring systems, the explanation capability is essential for improving the student's skills. From the Cambridge English Corpus Most 19th- and early 20th-century children were taught to read either in school or by tutors at home. From the Cambridge English Corpus As the practice of tutoring spread and grew more intense, the tutoring fee increased, which began to pose a serious social problem. From the Cambridge English Corpus The ban calmed the craze, but at the same time it left many students who were used to the tutoring feeling lost. From the Cambridge English Corpus Communication with peers is important in some tutors, but can be difficult to instrument. From the Cambridge English Corpus See all examples of tutor These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of tutor?

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in Chinese (Traditional) 家庭教師，私人教師, （英國大學或學院的）導師，教師… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 家庭教师，私人教师, （英国大学或学院的）导师，教师… See more in Spanish profesor particular, profesora particular, dar clases particulares… See more in Portuguese professor particular, dar aulas particulares a, professor/-ra particular [masculine-feminine]… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian शिकवणीचे शिक्षक, शिक्षक… See more 家庭教師, 個別指導教師, （家庭教師として）教える… See more özel öğretmen/hoca, danışman öğretmek, üniversite hocası… See more professeur [masculine] particulier, chargé/-e de classe, professeur (particulier)… See more professor, -a particular, fer classes particulars (a)… See more docent, privé-leraar, leerboek… See more பள்ளிக்கு வெளியே ஒரு குழந்தைக்கு கற்பிக்கும் ஒரு ஆசிரியர், குறிப்பாக அவர் அல்லது அவள் கடினமாகக் காணும் ஒரு பாடத்தில் குழந்தைக்கு கூடுதல் கவனத்தை / உதவியை வழங்குவதற்காக, ஒரு மாணவர் அல்லது ஒரு சிறிய குழுவிற்கு கற்பிக்கும் பிரிட்டிஷ் கல்லூரி அல்லது பல்கலைக்கழகத்தில் ஒரு ஆசிரியர்… See more ट्यूटर, किसी बच्चे को स्कूल के बाहर पढ़ाने वाला शिक्षक, ब्रिटिश महाविद्यालय या विश्वविद्यालय में एक छात्र या एक छोटे समूह को पढ़ाने वाला शिक्षक… See more ટ્યુટર, શિક્ષક, શાળા બહારના શિક્ષક… See more vejleder, universitetslærer, privatlærer… See more handledare, privatlärare, lärobok… See more tutor, guru peribadi, buku… See more der Tutor / die Tutorin, der Privatlehrer / die Privatlehrerin, das Lehrbuch… See more privatlærer [masculine], universitets-/høyskolelærer, privatlærer… See more اسکول کے علاوہ یا اسکول سے باہر پڑھانے والا ٹیچر, معلم, ٹیوٹر… See more керівник групи студентів, домашній учитель, репетитор… See more బోదకుడు, బోధకుడు, ఒక విద్యార్థికి లేదా చిన్న సమూహానికి బోధించే బ్రిటిష్ కళాశాల లేదా విశ్వవిద్యాలయంలో ఉపాధ్యాయుడు… See more গৃহশিক্ষক, শিক্ষক… See more tutor, domácí učitel, učebnice… See more pengajar, guru pribadi, buku petunjuk… See more ครูสอน, ครูพิเศษ, คู่มือ… See more thầy phụ đạo, gia sư, sách hướng dẫn âm nhạc… See more (prywatn-y/a ) nauczyciel/ka, korepetytor/ka, opiekun… See more 개인 교사, 개인 교습을 하다… See more insegnante privato, insegnante privata, professore… See more Need a translator?

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