tutelage

C2+ Topic:Education & Learning

US /ˈtuːtəlɪdʒ/ UK /ˈtjuːtɪlɪdʒ/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
instruction or guardianship under a teacher or protector

Under his master's tutelage the apprentice became a fine craftsman.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · instruction or guardianship... guidance instruction tuition guardianshipmentorshiptutorshipcare

Word family

Related forms tutor tutelary tutelar tuition

Etymology

From Latin tutela ('protection, guardianship'), from tutus ('protected, safe'), past participle of tueri ('to watch over, protect'), + the suffix -age.

tutela Latin tueri Latin

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Topics

Education & Learning

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# tutelage

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈtuːtəlɪdʒ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈtjuːtɪlɪdʒ/

## Meanings
1. instruction or guardianship under a teacher or protector

## Examples
- Under his master's tutelage the apprentice became a fine craftsman.

## Synonyms
- guidance
- instruction
- tuition
- guardianship
- mentorship
- tutorship
- care

## Related Forms
- tutor
- tutelary
- tutelar
- tuition

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: tutela
- Root: tueri

## Etymology
From Latin tutela ('protection, guardianship'), from tutus ('protected, safe'), past participle of tueri ('to watch over, protect'), + the suffix -age.

## AI Etymology
Tutelage is from Latin tutela ('protection, guardianship'), from tutus ('protected, safe'), past participle of tueri ('to watch over, protect'), + the suffix -age. Important recorded forms include tutela (Latin) and tueri (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers instruction or guardianship under a teacher or protector. The wider family includes related words such as tutor, tutelary, tutelar, and tuition.

## Topics
- Education & Learning

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