coach
verb/kəʊtʃ/
/kəʊtʃ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they coach | /kəʊtʃ/ /kəʊtʃ/ |
| he / she / it coaches | /ˈkəʊtʃɪz/ /ˈkəʊtʃɪz/ |
| past simple coached | /kəʊtʃt/ /kəʊtʃt/ |
| past participle coached | /kəʊtʃt/ /kəʊtʃt/ |
| -ing form coaching | /ˈkəʊtʃɪŋ/ /ˈkəʊtʃɪŋ/ |
- to train somebody to play a sport, to do a job better, or to improve a skill
- coach somebody He has coached the team for five years.
- She has coached hundreds of young singers.
- coach somebody for something Her father coached her for the Olympics.
- coach somebody in something Youngsters will be coached in the basics of the game.
- coach something He coaches basketball and soccer.
- coach somebody (in/for something) (especially British English) to give a student extra teaching in a particular subject especially so that they will pass an examTopics Educationb1
- to give somebody special instructions for what they should do or say in a particular situation
- coach somebody (in/on something) They believed the witnesses had been coached on what to say.
- coach somebody to do something The president's advisers coached him to adopt a more serious tone.
Word Originverb early 18th cent. (as a verb): figuratively from coach referring to a vehicle.
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