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coach
[ kohch ]
noun
- a large, horse-drawn, four-wheeled carriage, usually enclosed.
- a public motorbus.
- Railroads. day coach.
- Also called air coach. a class of airline travel providing less luxurious accommodations than first class at a lower fare.
- a person who trains an athlete or a team of athletes:
a football coach.
- a private tutor who prepares a student for an examination.
- a person who instructs an actor or singer.
- 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.
- Nautical. an after cabin in a sailing ship, located beneath the poop deck, for use especially by the commander of the ship.
- a type of inexpensive automobile with a boxlike, usually two-door, body manufactured in the 1920s.
verb (used with object)
- to give instruction or advice to in the capacity of a coach; instruct:
She has coached the present tennis champion.
verb (used without object)
- to act as a coach.
- to go by or in a coach.
adverb
- by coach or in coach-class accommodations:
We flew coach from Denver to New York.
coach
/ kəʊtʃ /
noun
- a vehicle for several passengers, used for transport over long distances, sightseeing, etc
- a large four-wheeled enclosed carriage, usually horse-drawn
- a railway carriage carrying passengers
- a trainer or instructor
a drama coach
- a tutor who prepares students for examinations
verb
- to give tuition or instruction to (a pupil)
- tr to transport in a bus or coach
Derived Forms
- ˈcoacher, noun
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
Word History and Origins
Origin of coach1
Word History and Origins
Origin of coach1
Example Sentences
With a .700 career winning percentage as a coach in college and the NFL, Harbaugh is a winner.
At Michigan, he would be a formidable recruiter, able to evoke the tradition of his former iconic coach, Bo Schembechler.
Michigan supposedly offered 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh a $42 million contract, which would him the highest-paid coach in the NCAA.
Having just crossed the country in coach, I needed instant spiritual repair.
“Roughly a third” of the tuition goes to instructors, according to one former coach who asked not to be named.
When she arrived she made a regular entry into the city in a coach all gold and glass, drawn by eight superb plumed horses.
The father of Mr. Stacy Marks predestined him for the coach-building business.
On the state-coach went, down the steep, driving the mules madly before it.
To quote Mrs. Kaye, 'A Liberal peer is as useful as a fifth wheel to a coach, and as ornamental as whitewash.'
A celebrated Coach in Anatomy says that no one can learn Anatomy until he has learned and forgotten it from three to seven times!
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