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noun

Definition of mentornext
as in adviser

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verb

as in to guide
to give advice and instruction to (someone) regarding the course or process to be followed we're looking for volunteers to mentor students in the theater arts

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Recent Examples of mentor
Noun
By Thursday afternoon, Peña had offered to resign as his conservative Colorado party turned on him, led by former President Horacio Cartes, the party chief and Peña's longtime mentor. — Arkansas Online, 7 Nov. 2026 Those who have benefited from public-service careers can mentor, sponsor and coach the next generation, demystifying civil-service exams and opening professional networks. — Aldrin Rafael Bonilla, New York Daily News, 7 Nov. 2026
Verb
In 2025, 786 volunteers mentored more than 440 students every week at 39 public schools and after-school sites across Los Angeles. — The Deadline Team, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2026 The program combined mentoring with coursework that drew on students’ cultures, including using hip-hop to explore how young people find, create and share information. — Kafi Kumasi, The Conversation, 27 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for mentor
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mentor
  1. adviser
  2. guide
  3. teacher
  4. coach
  5. counselor
Noun
  • After leading the San Francisco Giants to three World Series titles as their general manager, Sabean returned to the Yankees from 2023-26 as an executive advisor to GM Brian Cashman.
    — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • That’s after appointing former Obama and Biden campaign staffer John Bivona as head of government relations in January and onboarding former Obama campaign manager Stephanie Cutter as an advisor in April.
    — Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of adviser
Verb
  • Results from the latest demonstration will guide design changes and help shape subsequent testing.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Temporary barriers will be in place, and flaggers may be on site to help guide traffic.
    — Brian Sherrod, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of guide
Noun
  • Another area district leadership pointed to in this year’s results was a significant increase compared to the year prior in the number of teachers with fewer than 10 absences.
    — Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 8 Nov. 2026
  • His father worked at a wholesaler for industrial bakeries; his mother was a kindergarten teacher.
    — Matt Alt, New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of teacher
Verb
  • Also honored was Pat Murphy, the manager of the World Series champion Milwaukee Brewers and someone who won 73% of his games while coaching at Notre Dame.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Just by chance, a guy who does what he is coached to do, continues to work really, really hard and do the right things, the ball somehow finds him.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of coach
Noun
  • Mataka previously served as Becerra’s senior counselor when Becerra was Health and Human Services secretary under former President Joe Biden, and as his environmental policy adviser when Becerra was attorney general.
    — Liam Russell, Sacbee.com, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Years of high prices have forced Americans to deplete their savings and finance their daily expenses with debt, according to Ted Rossman, principal consumer finance analyst at Money Management International, a nonprofit debt counselor.
    — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026
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