tutor
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[edit] English
[edit] Alternative forms
- tutour (archaic)
[edit] Etymology
From Middle English tutour, from Old French tuteur (French tuteur), from Latin tutor (“a watcher, protector, guardian”), from tuēri (“to protect”); see tuition.
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
tutor (plural tutors)
- One who teaches another (usually called a student, learner, or tutee) in a one-on-one or small-group interaction.
- He passed the difficult class with help from his tutor.
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Related terms
[edit] Translations
one who teaches another
[edit] Verb
tutor (third-person singular simple present tutors, present participle tutoring, simple past and past participle tutored)
- (transitive) To instruct or teach, especially to an individual or small group.
- To help pay her tuition, the college student began to tutor high school students in calculus and physics.
[edit] Translations
to instruct or teach, especially to an individual or small group
[edit] External links
- “tutor” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001
- tutor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- tutor in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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[edit] Latin
[edit] Noun
tūtor (genitive tūtōris); m, third declension
[edit] Inflection
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | tūtor | tūtōrēs |
| genitive | tūtōris | tūtōrum |
| dative | tūtōrī | tūtōribus |
| accusative | tūtōrem | tūtōrēs |
| ablative | tūtōre | tūtōribus |
| vocative | tūtor | tūtōrēs |
[edit] Verb
present active tūtor, present infinitive tūtārī, perfect active tūtātus sum. (deponent)
[edit] Inflection
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | tūtor | tūtāris | tūtātur | tūtāmur | tūtāminī | tūtantur |
| future | tūtābor | tūtāberis | tūtābitur | tūtābimur | tūtābiminī | tūtābuntur | |
| imperfect | tūtābar | tūtābāris | tūtābātur | tūtābāmur | tūtābāminī | tūtābantur | |
| perfect | Use tūtātus m., tūtāta f., tūtātum n. followed by the present indicative of sum. | ||||||
| future perfect | Use tūtātus m., tūtāta f., tūtātum n. followed by the future indicative of sum. | ||||||
| pluperfect | Use tūtātus m., tūtāta f., tūtātum n. followed by the imperfect indicative of sum. | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | tūter | tūtēris | tūtētur | tūtēmur | tūtēminī | tūtentur |
| imperfect | tūtārer | tūtārēris | tūtārētur | tūtārēmur | tūtārēminī | tūtārentur | |
| perfect | Use tūtātus m., tūtāta f., tūtātum n. followed by the present subjunctive of sum. | ||||||
| pluperfect | Use tūtātus m., tūtāta f., tūtātum n. followed by the imperfect subjunctive of sum. | ||||||
| imperatives | active | passive | |||||
| present (you) | future (you) | future (he/she) | present (you) | future (you) | future (he/she) | ||
| singular | tūtāre | tūtātor | tūtātor | — | — | — | |
| plural | tūtāminī | — | tūtantor | — | — | — | |
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | tūtārī | tūtātus esse | tūtātūrus esse | — | — | — | |
| participles | tūtāns (tūtantis) | tūtātus-a, -um | tūtātūrus-ra, -rum | — | — | — | |
[edit] Swedish
[edit] Noun
tutor
- indefinite plural of tuta
