tutoring

UK: /ˈtjuːtərɪŋ/

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

tu•tor /ˈtutɚ, ˈtyu-/   n. [countable]

1. Education one employed to instruct another, esp. privately.
2. Education a teacher of academic rank lower than instructor in some American universities and colleges.

v. 

3. to act as a tutor to: [~ + object]
   She tutored several Japanese ladies in English.
   [no object]
   She tutored as often as she could.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

tu•tor  (to̅o̅′tər, tyo̅o̅′-), n. 

1. Education a person employed to instruct another in some branch or branches of learning, esp. a private instructor.
2. Education a teacher of academic rank lower than instructor in some American universities and colleges.
3. Education a teacher without institutional connection who assists students in preparing for examinations.
4. Education (esp. at Oxford and Cambridge) a university officer, usually a fellow, responsible for teaching and supervising a number of undergraduates.
5. the guardian of a boy or girl below the age of puberty or majority.

v.t. 

6. to act as a tutor to;
   teach or instruct, esp. privately.
7. to have the guardianship, instruction, or care of.
8. to instruct underhandedly;
   coach:
   to tutor a witness before he testifies.
9. [Archaic.]
   • to train, school, or discipline.
   • to admonish or reprove.

v.i. 

10. to act as a tutor or private instructor.
11. to study privately with a tutor.

• Latin tūtor protector, equivalent. to tū- (variant stem of tuērī to guard; see tutelage) + -tor -tor
• Middle English 1350–1400

tu′tor•less, adj. 
tu′tor•ship′, n. 
Synonyms

• 6. See teach. 

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tutor / ˈtjuːtə/ noun

1. a teacher, usually instructing individual pupils and often engaged privately
2. (at universities, colleges, etc) a member of staff responsible for the teaching and supervision of a certain number of students
3. the guardian of a pupil
   See pupil12

verb

1. to act as a tutor to (someone); instruct
2. (transitive) to act as guardian to; have care of

Etymology: 14th Century: from Latin: a watcher, from tuērī to watch over

ˈtutorage, ˈtutorˌship noun