: a person charged with the instruction and guidance of another: such as
a
: a private teacher
b
: a teacher in a British university who gives individual instruction to undergraduates
tutored; tutoring; tutors
1
: to teach or guide usually individually in a special subject or for a particular purpose : coach
2
: to have the guardianship, tutelage, or care of
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Examples of tutor in a Sentence
Noun
I got a tutor to help me with my homework.
He is a tutor in European history.
Verb
She earned extra money tutoring in the evening.
bought a video series designed to tutor a person in the fine art of decorating cakes
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The Denver Post Editorial Board, The Denver Post, 2 Nov. 2024
Recruiting enough high-quality tutors who will stick with the program has already been an ongoing challenge, Arnett-Holman said, though nearly half of last year's tutors returned.
—Arika Herron, Axios, 29 Oct. 2024
Elias Leight, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
Guides on how to post your own photo dumps followed, tutoring users on how to carefully achieve something haphazard-looking.
—Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2024
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Noun
Students will have more opportunities in schools that can provide, art, music, physical education, social-emotional learning, reading tutors, social workers, and all the other wonderful programs offered in schools that are full of students and have full funding.
—The Denver Post Editorial Board, The Denver Post, 2 Nov. 2024
Recruiting enough high-quality tutors who will stick with the program has already been an ongoing challenge, Arnett-Holman said, though nearly half of last year's tutors returned.
—Arika Herron, Axios, 29 Oct. 2024
Verb
While in France, Jones also studied with Nadia Boulanger, who tutored many of the greatest classical music composers of the 20th century.
—Elias Leight, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
Guides on how to post your own photo dumps followed, tutoring users on how to carefully achieve something haphazard-looking.
—Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2024
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“Tutor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tutor. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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tutor
1 of 2 noun
tu·tor
ˈt(y)üt-ər 
: a person who has the responsibility of instructing and guiding another
tutor
2 of 2 verb
: to teach usually individually
Legal Definition
tutor
noun
tu·tor
ˈtü-tər, ˈtyü-tər
in the civil law of Louisiana
: a guardian of a minor or sometimes of a person with mental retardation compare committee, conservator, curator
tutorship
noun
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