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coach

[ kohch ]

noun

  1. a large, horse-drawn, four-wheeled carriage, usually enclosed.
  2. a public motorbus.
  3. Railroads. day coach.
  4. Also called air coach. a class of airline travel providing less luxurious accommodations than first class at a lower fare.
  5. a person who trains an athlete or a team of athletes:

    a football coach.

  6. a private tutor who prepares a student for an examination.

    Synonyms: preceptor, mentor

  7. a person who instructs an actor or singer.
  8. Baseball. a playing or nonplaying member of the team at bat who is stationed in the box outside first or third base to signal instructions to and advise base runners and batters.
  9. Nautical. an after cabin in a sailing ship, located beneath the poop deck, for use especially by the commander of the ship.
  10. a type of inexpensive automobile with a boxlike, usually two-door, body manufactured in the 1920s.


verb (used with object)

  1. to give instruction or advice to in the capacity of a coach; instruct:

    She has coached the present tennis champion.

verb (used without object)

  1. to act as a coach.
  2. to go by or in a coach.

adverb

  1. by coach or in coach-class accommodations:

    We flew coach from Denver to New York.

coach

/ kəʊtʃ /

noun

  1. a vehicle for several passengers, used for transport over long distances, sightseeing, etc
  2. a large four-wheeled enclosed carriage, usually horse-drawn
  3. a railway carriage carrying passengers
  4. a trainer or instructor

    a drama coach

  5. a tutor who prepares students for examinations
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. to give tuition or instruction to (a pupil)
  2. tr to transport in a bus or coach
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈcoacher, noun
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Other Words From

  • coach·a·ble adjective
  • coach·a·bil·i·ty noun
  • out·coach verb (used with object)
  • o·ver·coach verb
  • un·coach·a·ble adjective
  • un·coached adjective
  • well-coached adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of coach1

First recorded in 1550–60; 1840–50 for sense “tutor”; earlier coche(e), from Middle French coche, from German Kotsche, Kutsche, from Hungarian kocsi, short for kocsi szekér “cart of Kocs,” town on the main road between Vienna and Budapest; senses referring to tutoring from the conception of the tutor as one who carries the student through examinations
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Word History and Origins

Origin of coach1

C16: from French coche, from Hungarian kocsi szekér wagon of Kocs, village in Hungary where coaches were first made; in the sense: to teach, probably from the idea that the instructor carried his pupils
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Example Sentences

“As we signed guys,” Cronin said this summer, “the guys that left us in the portal ... all called and said, ‘Can we meet again, coach?

If you are booking a coach package, the next step will be to choose the time, date and place you will depart from.

From BBC

Stafford, however, instantly recounted the statistical picture going into it, the personnel and coverages former Patriots coach Bill Belichick successfully deployed to neutralize Hall of Fame receiver Calvin Johnson, and key injuries that occurred.

Teams that change coaches tend to get a one-week bounce, and the Saints got that last week.

Despite only turning 30 last month, Cremers has a decade of experience as a coach and analyst.

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