tutorial

UK: /tjuːˈtɔːriəl/

US: /tuˈtɔriəl, tju-/

US: (to̅o̅ tôr′ē əl, -tōr′-, tyo̅o̅-)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

tu•to•ri•al /tuˈtɔriəl, tyu-/   adj. 

1. of or relating to tutors or to tutoring.

n. [countable]
2. a special session of teaching or instruction:
   a tutorial for graduate students.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

tu•to•ri•al  (to̅o̅ tôr′ē əl, -tōr′-, tyo̅o̅-), adj. 

1. Education pertaining to or exercised by a tutor:
   tutorial functions or authority.

n. 

2. Education a class in which a tutor gives intensive instruction in some subject to an individual student or a small group of students.
3. Computing
   • programmed instruction provided to a user at a computer terminal, often concerning the use of a particular software package and built into that package.
   • a manual explaining how to use a particular software package or computer system.

• Latin tūtōri(us) of a guardian + -al¹
• 1735–45

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

tutorial / tjuːˈtɔːrɪəl/ noun

1. a period of intensive tuition given by a tutor to an individual student or to a small group of students

adjective

1. of or relating to a tutor