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Definition of mentor verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

mentor

verb
 
/ˈmentɔː(r)/
 
/ˈmentɔːr/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they mentor
 
/ˈmentɔː(r)/
 
/ˈmentɔːr/
he / she / it mentors
 
/ˈmentɔːz/
 
/ˈmentɔːrz/
past simple mentored
 
/ˈmentɔːd/
 
/ˈmentɔːrd/
past participle mentored
 
/ˈmentɔːd/
 
/ˈmentɔːrd/
-ing form mentoring
 
/ˈmentərɪŋ/
 
/ˈmentərɪŋ/
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  1. mentor somebody to help and advise a less experienced person over a period of time, especially as part of a formal programme in a company, university, etc.
    • She mentors aspiring entrepreneurs at the Haryana Business School.
    Topics Suggestions and advicec1
    Word Originmid 18th cent.: via French and Latin from Greek Mentōr, the name of the adviser of the young Telemachus in the Greek epic poem the Odyssey by Homer.

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