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adjective

as in taught

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verb

past tense of tutor
1
as in educated
to cause to acquire knowledge or skill in some field tutored me in Spanish

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2
as in guided
to give advice and instruction to (someone) regarding the course or process to be followed bought a video series designed to tutor a person in the fine art of decorating cakes

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Recent Examples of tutored
Verb
Washington’s young starters were tutored by Griffin, a crafty All-Star. — Spencer Nusbaum, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026 That’s expected to be the philosophy of O’Leary, who tutored his Western Michigan players by showing them tapes of the Chargers. — Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026 The two worked with the nonprofit Saluda Community Table and Robert tutored children at a local school and volunteered at the Western North Carolina Air Museum, the obituary reports. — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 10 June 2026 Cole tutored with Casa de Amistad from 2022 through 2025, the news release stated. — News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2026 She’s being raised in upper crust Gilead society, tutored in a private girls’ school led by Aunt Lydia (Ann Dowd) for a potential prosperous husband, specifically one in the upper ranks of the military. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 27 May 2026 Her first year in New Haven, Heidi tutored students on weekends to pay her parents back. — Nicholas Dawidoff, New Yorker, 10 May 2026 Bianchi expressed gratitude for Hall, who tutored him in the summer ahead of Bianchi’s junior year to get his grades up from missing the last term of school as a sophomore. — Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 8 May 2026 Still in her twenties, Morisot was a respected painter, best known for her landscapes, and had been tutored by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, the influential Barbizon school painter of fluttery fields and woodlands. — Susan Tallman, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tutored
  1. trained
  2. taught
  3. guided
  4. schooled
  5. educated
  6. coached
  7. able
  8. accompanied
Adjective
  • Hundreds of millions of people are using its generative AI tools each week, so people are beginning to tap into the power of these generative pre-trained transformers (GPT) and large language models (LLMs).
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Even trained and experienced guides may violate emotional or interpersonal boundaries of participants, who are in vulnerable and suggestible states brought on by the effects of the drugs themselves.
    — Erica Rex, STAT, 19 Feb. 2026
Definition of trained
Verb
  • The class begins with incarcerated people being taught general knowledge of the industry.
    — Sydney Sasser, Charlotte Observer, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Tyx has lived in the Kansas City area for four years and previously taught middle school Spanish.
    — Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2025
Definition of taught
Verb
  • Only one of those new managers has guided his team to first place.
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • For Square Enix game director Naoki Hamaguchi, who has guided the project through Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth, that expansion is one of the biggest challenges—and opportunities—of the finale.
    — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of guided
Adjective
  • But, as Mitski well recognizes — and was obviously able to convince management and booking — the 8,000 or so mostly young people who were able to attend over the course of a week won’t likely ever forget being this thoroughly schooled.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 4 Apr. 2026
  • The girl was from New Jersey, where parents are not required to inform the government of their intent to home-school a child and where a lack of state oversight means many children go un-schooled.
    — Eleanor Sobel, Sun Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2025
Definition of schooled
Verb
  • An altar boy at Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, he was educated at the Christian Brothers Academy and at Siena College, a Franciscan school in nearby Loudonville.
    — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026
  • But these students must also be educated alongside general education peers to meet federal and state class size and inclusivity regulations.
    — Melissa Brown, Chalkbeat, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of educated
Verb
  • Matt Steven stepped into the booth at the start of 2026, having already coached New Zealand’s 49er skiff crew to an Olympic silver medal at Paris 2024.
    — Andrew Rice, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The Coyotes are coming off a 10-5 season but are led by new head coach Matt Vitzthum, who coached quarterbacks and wide receivers at South Dakota during the school’s playoff runs over the past two seasons.
    — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of coached
Adjective
  • Those concessions were not enough for Democrats, who sent a counteroffer late Monday to expand the ethics provision but were not able to strike a final deal.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Also, because the threat was able to be confirmed in real time, the emergency dispatch queued the event as a priority crime in progress rather than a low-priority unverified alarm and saved the day.
    — Robert Messer, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of able
Verb
  • Look here for a dose of quintessential British quirk, like a hypnotic oxblood spiral or a floral backplate accompanied by a butter yellow knob.
    — Lori Keong, Architectural Digest, 10 Sep. 2026
  • After initially waving off any medical attention, the ninth-year signal caller went into the injury tent and then eventually walked towards the tunnel to the locker room accompanied by team staff.
    — Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of accompanied

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