(private) tutor

  • 1private tutor — teacher that teaches students privately according to their own pace and ability …

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  • 2private — [prī′vət] adj. [ME pryvat < L privatus, belonging to oneself, not to the state < privare, to separate, deprive < privus, separate, peculiar, prob. akin to OL pri: see PRIME] 1. of, belonging to, or concerning a particular person or… …

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  • 3Tutor — In British, Australian, New Zealand, Italian, and some Canadian universities, a tutor is often but not always a postgraduate student or a lecturer assigned to conduct a seminar for undergraduate students, often known as a tutorial. The equivalent …

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  • 4tutor — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ good ▪ full time, part time ▪ personal, private ▪ peer (AmE) ▪ ad …

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  • 5tutor — I n. 1) a course (BE); private tutor 2) a tutor to II v. (D; tr.) to tutor in (to tutor smb. in physics) * * * [ tjuːtə] private tutor a tutor to a course (BE) (D;tr.) to tutor in (to tutor smb. in physics) …

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  • 6tutor — [to͞ot′ər, tyo͞ot′ər] n. [ME < MFr tuteur < L tutor < tutus for tuitus, pp. of tueri, to look after, guard] 1. a) a teacher who gives individual instruction to a student; private teacher b) a person who gives remedial or supplemental… …

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  • 7Tutor — Tu tor, n. [OE. tutour, L. tutor, fr. tueri to watch, defend: cf. F. tuteur. Cf. {Tuition}.] One who guards, protects, watches over, or has the care of, some person or thing. Specifically: [1913 Webster] (a) A treasurer; a keeper. Tutour of your… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 8tutor — [n] person who teaches another privately coach, educator, governor, grind, guardian, guide, instructor, lecturer, mentor, preceptor, private teacher, prof*, teach*, teacher; concept 350 Ant. pupil, student tutor [v] teach someone privately clue,… …

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  • 9tutor — ► NOUN 1) a private teacher, typically one who teaches a single pupil or a very small group. 2) chiefly Brit. a university or college teacher responsible for assigned students. 3) Brit. a book of instruction in a particular subject. ► VERB ▪ act… …

    English terms dictionary

  • 10Tūtor — (lat.), Vormund. In England (spr. tjūter) Titel für gewisse Universitätslehrer, und zwar unterscheidet man College tutors und Private tutors; die erstern, von den Colleges angestellte Lehrer, fungieren in den einzelnen Colleges als Aufseher und… …

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