tutor
verb/ˈtjuːtə(r)/
/ˈtuːtər/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they tutor | /ˈtjuːtə(r)/ /ˈtuːtər/ |
| he / she / it tutors | /ˈtjuːtəz/ /ˈtuːtərz/ |
| past simple tutored | /ˈtjuːtəd/ /ˈtuːtərd/ |
| past participle tutored | /ˈtjuːtəd/ /ˈtuːtərd/ |
| -ing form tutoring | /ˈtjuːtərɪŋ/ /ˈtuːtərɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] tutor somebody (in something) to be a tutor to an individual student or a small group; to teach somebody, especially privately
- He tutors students in mathematics.
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- [intransitive] to work as a tutor
- Her work was divided between tutoring and research.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French tutour or Latin tutor, from tueri ‘to watch, guard’.
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