to coach
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2.0
- verb
- /koʊtʃ/
:
entrenar
- He wants you to coach his football team next season.
- coach athletes
- coach multiple sports
- coach disabled athletes
You have you coach people at all different levels.
- You have you coach people at all different levels.
- Was it Cox that coached the Broncos with Peyton?
- Others you can inspire, others you can coach, other you can coax.
- I said to her, I'm like, hire me to coach you, right?
Examples
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You cannot coach well with an empty head.
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Jimmy, I never told you this before, but I used to coach pairs.
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Do you want me to coach you?
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- I did coach her, though.
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- I coach my son's team.
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How you feeling about coaching your son in the championship game tonight?
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Do the kids you coach like being coached by you?
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He said he wants to coach us.
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Now I am considering coaching at high school for their volleyball team.
Academic text (2015) -
Although many of the groups we have coached have flourished, others have struggled.
Academic text (2013)
Synonyms
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1.0
To help someone learn skills, habits, or knowledge
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1.0
To teach someone skills by practice and help
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2.4
To teach one student or a small group privately to help them improve
Idioms
Compounds
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5.4
Person who gives comfort and practical help to a woman during childbirth but not medical treatment
- US
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3.8
A person who stays with a woman during childbirth and helps her breathe and relax
- Archaic
A carriage at the end of a train that can detach while the train moves to stop at a station
How Intensive
Surface Forms
Etymology
To coach (verb) meaning to teach or train comes from the noun coach for a carriage. In schools a tutor who 'carried' a student through an exam was called a coach, so to coach someone is to guide and train them.