tutor

B2 Topic:People & Society

US /ˈtjuːtəː/ See IPA manual

Freq #8164

Meanings

1

noun
A person who teaches one student or a small group, often privately.

He passed the difficult class with help from his tutor.
2

verb
To teach a person or small group, especially privately.

To pay her tuition, the student began to tutor teenagers in math.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a person who teaches one... preceptor coach

Word family

Forms tutoredtutoringtutors

Derived forms e-tutortuteetutoragetutorshiptutrix

Related forms intuition tuition tutelage tutelar tutelary tutorial

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A Tutor Who Tooted
A tutor, who tooted a flute, tried to tutor two tooters to toot. Said the two to the tutor: “Is it harder to toot, or tutor two tooters to toot?”

Keep toot, tooted and tooters distinct while maintaining the long vowel. Tutor varies by accent, so it need not begin exactly like toot.

Simplified etymology

Tutor dates from the later Middle Ages and comes from the same root as tuition: Latin tueri, meaning “to watch” or “guard.”

Etymology

From Middle English tutour, from Old French tuteur (French tuteur), from Latin tūtor (“a watcher, protector, guardian”), from tueor (“protect”); see tuition.

tutour Middle English tuteur Old French tūtor Latin

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# tutor

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈtjuːtəː/
**Frequency rank:** 8164

## Meanings
1. A person who teaches one student or a small group, often privately.
2. To teach a person or small group, especially privately.

## Examples
- He passed the difficult class with help from his tutor.
- To pay her tuition, the student began to tutor teenagers in math.

## Derived Forms
- e-tutor
- tutee
- tutorage
- tutorship
- tutrix

## Related Forms
- intuition
- tuition
- tutelage
- tutelar
- tutelary
- tutorial

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: tutour
- Root: tuteur
- Root: tūtor

## Etymology
From Middle English tutour, from Old French tuteur (French tuteur), from Latin tūtor (“a watcher, protector, guardian”), from tueor (“protect”); see tuition.

## AI Etymology
Tutor is from Middle English tutour, from Old French tuteur (French tuteur), from Latin tūtor (“a watcher, protector, guardian”), from tueor (“protect”); see tuition. The historical line also includes Middle English tutour, Old French tuteur, Latin tūtor. In present-day use, it can mean a person who teaches one student or a small group, often privately, or to teach a person or small group, especially privately. Derived formations include e-tutor, tutee, tutorage, tutorship, tutrix.

## Topics
- People & Society

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