Definition of Coach
Coach
coach
Definition/Meaning
(noun)
broadly, a person who provides training and/or instruction, especially in an athletic setting;
e.g. My baseball coach told us that practice was cancelled today.
(noun)
a person who is hired to provide specialized and often private training or instruction, especially for an academic discipline;
e.g. She works as a coach for college students taking organic chemistry.
(noun)
a horse-drawn carriage with four wheels, usually enclosed and having a door;
e.g. They decided to take the coach to the train station because it was raining.
(noun)
a large comfortable bus taken for longer journeys, or a passenger car on a train;
e.g. We hired a coach to take us to the beach resort. Our seats were in the second coach of the train.
(noun)
(American) the class of seats on an airplane that cost less than first class;
e.g. He travelled in coach until he was promoted to a management position in the company.
(verb)
to provide instruction and training to someone;
e.g. She was hired to coach the team for the upcoming tournament.
(verb)
to teach an activity, skill, or subject, often intensively and/or privately and in addition to training already being received;
e.g. The tutor started to coach them on the material that would be on the exam.
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