tutor
Other forms: tutors; tutored; tutoring
A tutor is someone who gives private instruction: tutors teach one-on-one.
If you ever helped someone learn something, you could say you tutored them. "Tutor" is also the title of someone who works with students one-on-one. There are writing tutors, music tutors, math tutors, and history tutors. You can find a tutor for just about anything you'd like to learn. Tutoring also sometimes means being the guardian for someone. In all cases, tutors tend to be helpful to their tutees: the people they tutor.
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a person who gives private instruction (as in singing, acting, etc.)synonyms: coach, private instructortypes:crammera teacher who is paid to cram students for examinationstype of:
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be a tutor to someone; give individual instruction
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act as a guardian to someone
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