to tutor
- verb
- /ˈtuːtər/
- Steve might tutor me in math.
- tutor students
- tutor children
- tutor struggling
And this program brought them to work in schools and tutor young, at risk students.
- And this program brought them to work in schools and tutor young, at risk students.
- But Malcolm the inventor was here in America and he came up to Atlanta to tutor me in the technology.
- Maybe you'll hire someone to cook your meals, iron your clothes, do your shopping for you, or tutor your children in maths, or look after your grandma.
- So they, for example, have tutored me and I've learned a lot about psychology, psychiatry and so forth.
- So it was over that year and a half, I would say that he reached out to me quite a few times asking me to tutor his children.
- And so Ada's mother had Ada tutored only in mathematics, hoping it would prevent her from being poetical.
- So it started out with me saying, yeah, yeah, I can tutor.
- So step one is to get the books for the subjects you're going to tutor.
- She wants him to tutor him, she wants him to tutor her first thing in the morning and he's not.
- And so she tutors for this woman who is very wealthy and see, but she has a couple of kids, but her husband works in Dubai.
- If you're willing to tutor me, like stop me and say something and I ward around and people were laughing and pointing and grabbing me.
Examples
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You can tutor them after school.
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He offered to tutor me in algebra to help improve my grades.
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And so he started to tutor me on how this works.
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And this program brought them to work in schools and tutor young, at risk students.
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And who better to tutor me than a woman of your age.
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You want me to tutor you?
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I would tutor him myself.
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Junior, if you need help, I'll tutor you.
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I had to tutor him on every exam.
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-When Bob was in junior college... ...l used to have to tutor his entire starting defensive line.
Synonyms
To help someone learn skills, habits, or knowledge
To give someone knowledge and skills by teaching or training over time
To teach and train people in sports or skills
To teach someone how to do something, often in a class
Antonyms
How Personal
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tutor as a verb comes from the same Latin root tueri, 'to watch', and is the root of the familiar word tutorial. So to tutor someone is to give private, careful teaching—watching their progress and helping them improve.