coachnoun
uk/kəʊtʃ/us/koʊtʃ/coach noun (TEACHER)
B1 someone whose job is to teach people to improve at a sport, skill, or school subject:
someone whose job is to train and organize a sports team:
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- The coach issued a diktat that all team members must attend early-morning practice.
- Our football coach has worked hard to inculcate a team spirit into the players.
- The world's number one tennis player and his coach parted company earlier this month.
- She's an excellent coach who knows how to get results.
- We got a rollicking from the coach at half time.
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Teachers
- academician
- associate professor
- board of education
- dean
- docent
- handler
- headteacher
- housemaster
- housemistress
- instructor
- lecturer
- mentor
- professor
- professorial
- professorship
- rector
- residence
- scribe
- trainer
- tutor
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coach noun (VEHICLE)
A2 [ C ] US usually bus a long motor vehicle with comfortable seats, used to take groups of people on journeys:
[ C ] an old-fashioned carriage pulled by horses, now used mainly in official or royal ceremonies
[ C ] UK UK also carriage, US car any of the separate parts of a train in which the passengeras sit
[ U ] US → coach class
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- The teachers counted the students as they got on to the coach.
- The coach has air conditioning and reclining seats.
- The coach stopped for us to eat lunch but within half an hour we were on our way again.
- The pick-up point for the long-distance coaches is now in the new bus station.
- The coach, taking children on a school trip, careered down a slope and collided with a bank.
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Buses, trams & coaches
- bus
- bus conductor
- combi
- double-decker
- gangway!
- HOV
- jitney
- kombi
- local
- minibus
- omnibus
- park-and-ride
- school bus
- shuttle
- single-decker
- through
- tram
- tramlines
- trolley
- trolleybus
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coachverb [ I or T ]
uk/kəʊtʃ/us/koʊtʃ/B2 to give special classes in sports or a school subject, especially privately, to one person or a small group:
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- He coached the England team for years.
- She coaches rich kids to pass their exams.
- She was coaching the basketball team.
- I've been invited to coach the under-eleven rugby team.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Teaching in general
- CAL
- CLIL
- clue
- clue sb in
- drum
- engage
- homeschool
- hothousing
- instruction
- instructional
- popularize
- special educational needs
- teach
- teach sb a lesson idiom
- that'll teach sb idiom
- tutelage
- upskill
- upskilling
- wean
- wean sb on sth
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to train and organize a sports team:
B2
coachnoun [ U ], adverb
uk/kəʊtʃ/us/koʊtʃ/USthe cheapest type of seats on a plane or train:
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Travelling
- backpacking
- bum around (somewhere)
- catch
- connect
- cover
- cruise
- destination
- gad about/around (somewhere)
- gallivant
- have sth, will travel idiom
- override
- ply
- road
- roam
- tootle
- tourist class
- travel
- travelled
- voyage
- well travelled
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