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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

tutor

Pronunciation / Transliteration: tuˈtoʁ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Tutor/ˈtuː.tər/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2850 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Ele contratou um tutor para ajudá-lo."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person who provides individual instruction or guidance in a particular subject.

    "She hired a tutor to help her prepare for the upcoming exams."
As verb
  1. 1

    To teach or instruct someone, especially on a one-to-one basis.

    "He tutors students in mathematics after school."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Late Middle English word tutour, originating from Old French tuteur, and ultimately from Latin tueri meaning 'to look at, watch over, or protect'. Over centuries, the meaning shifted from a legal guardian or protector to an instructor charged with the private instruction of an individual student.

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