tutor

US: /ˈtutɝ/
UK: /tjˈuːtɐ/


English Vietnamese dictionary


tutor /'tju:tə/
  • danh từ
    • người giám hộ (đứa trẻ vị thành niên)
    • gia sư, thầy giáo kèm riêng
    • trợ lý học tập (ở trường đại học Anh)
    • ngoại động từ
      • (pháp lý) giám hộ
      • dạy kèm, kèm cặp
      • kiềm chế
      • nội động từ
        • làm nhiệm vụ giám hộ
        • là gia sư

      Advanced English dictionary


      noun, verb
      + noun
      1 a private teacher, especially one who teaches an individual student or a very small group
      2 (especially BrE) a teacher whose job is to pay special attention to the studies or health, etc. of a student or a group of students: a history / German tutor + He was my personal tutor at university. + She's course tutor in anthropology. + She's in my tutor group at school.
      3 (BrE) a teacher, especially one who teaches adults or who has a special role in a school or college: a part-time adult education tutor
      4 (AmE) an assistant LECTURER in a college
      5 a book of instruction in a particular subject, especially music: a violin tutor
      + verb
      1 [VN] ~ sb (in sth) to be a tutor to a an individual student or a small group; to teach sb, especially privately: He tutors students in mathematics.
      2 [V] to work as a tutor: Her work was divided between tutoring and research.

      Thesaurus dictionary


      n.
      1 teacher, instructor, educator, coach, mentor, guru:
      Bernard engaged a tutor to coach him through the examinations.
      v.
      2 teach, instruct, coach, educate, school, train, indoctrinate, drill, enlighten, advise, direct, guide, prepare, ground:
      Twitchell needs someone to tutor him in the fine art of going out with girls.

      Collocation dictionary


      ADJ.

      good | experienced | professional | personal, private | senior | assistant | full-time, part-time | college, school, university | course | art, English, etc.

      VERB + TUTOR

      act as

      PREP.

      ~ to
      Roger Ascham, tutor to Queen Elizabeth

      More information about JOB

      JOB:

      be, work as ~
      She's a well-known writer. Her father, a trained chef, now works as a bus driver.

      study to be, train as, train to be ~
      She trained as a painter and sculptor.

      start (work) as ~
      He started work as a trainee chef.

      become, qualify as ~
      She qualified as a vet last year.

      employ (sb as), have
      The company employs more than 1500 engineers.

      engage (sb as), get, hire (sb as), recruit, take on ~
      They have recruited a new designer.

      appoint, appoint sb (as), make sb ~
      are usually used with academic, official or highly responsible jobs:He was appointed Professor of Law at Yale. At 39 she was made chairman of the board.

      dismiss, fire, sack ~
      The club have sacked their coach.


      Concise English dictionary


      tutoress|tutors|tutoresses|tutored|tutoring'tuːtə /'tju-
      noun
      +a person who gives private instruction (as in singing or acting)
      verb
      +be a tutor to someone; give individual instruction
      +act as a guardian to someone