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to tutor

to tutor

8.5
To act as a child's legal guardian and take care of them
  • verb
  • /ˈtuːtər/
  • Formal
translation icon : tutelar

Examples

  • Such skills were often found among veterans and clan elders who could tutor aspiring nights.

  • This ruling reverses a twelve-year-old Supreme Court decision forbidding taxpayer-funded teachers to tutor children in religious schools.

    Academic text (1997)

  • Cherrispryte, note: I have no interest in outing you to anyone, which is why I kept the identifying detail super vague. There are just a large number of similarities between your piece and the place I tutor at (which I know is far from perfect!), so I had to ask.

    Blog text (13)

  • The judge decided to tutor his granddaughter, ensuring she received the best care and education possible.

  • After the tragic loss of her parents, a family friend was appointed to tutor the young girl during her difficult time.

  • In her will, she requested that her friend tutor her children, guiding them with love and attention.

Antonyms

to abandon
773 3.1

Leave someone or something behind permanently and without care

How Responsible

to tutor
  • Formal
8.5
to care for
347 1.0
to look after
472 1.1
to supervise
189 3.5
to guard
418 1.0

Surface Forms

tutor infinitive
tutored past
tutored past participle
tutoring present participle
tutors third person singular

Etymology

Tutor in legal use comes from the Latin tueri, 'to watch' or 'guard', and was used for a person chosen to look after a child. So to tutor someone in this sense is to act as their guardian and look after their interests.