tutorial
noun
tu·to·ri·al
tü-ˈtȯr-ē-əl 
tyü-
1
: a paper, book, film, or computer program that provides practical information about a specific subject
2
: a class conducted by a tutor for one student or a small number of students
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Tutorials with live tutors are useful for both advanced students and struggling ones. Many computer programs include electronic tutorials to help the new user get used to the program, leading him or her through all its functions, often by means of pictures and short videos. But a really difficult program may still require a real-life tutor to be fully understood.
Examples of tutorial in a Sentence
An online tutorial gives basic instructions for using the software.
The professor was offering a tutorial in her office a week before the exam.
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Marlow Stern, Variety, 2 June 2026
Lightroom Classic lacks community features, and its help and in-app tutorials are limited.
—Michael Muchmore, PC Magazine, 2 June 2026
The faces of the movement, from the models fronting natural-hair campaigns to the content creators filming wash-day tutorials, were overwhelmingly young—women like Chizi Duru, who is now 30; Whitney White, now 40; and Shaneice Crystal, now 31.
—Annie Blay-Tettey, Allure, 29 May 2026
YouTube tutorials were interesting but hard to follow.
—Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 29 May 2026
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“Tutorial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tutorial. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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tutorial
1 of 2 adjective
tu·to·ri·al
t(y)ü-ˈtōr-ē-əl
-ˈtȯr-
: of or relating to a tutor or a tutorial
tutorial
2 of 2 noun
: a paper, book, film or computer program that gives practical information about a subject
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