26984 words

coach

20 definitions • 18 examples
1
someone whose job is to teach people to improve at a sport, skill, or school subject:

Examples:

a tennis/maths coach
2
someone whose job is to train and organize a sports team:

Examples:

head coach Gus Poyet was appointed as head coach.
3
a long motor vehicle with comfortable seats, used to take groups of people on journeys:

Examples:

by coach We're going to the airport by coach.
a coach trip
4
an old-fashioned carriage pulled by horses, now used mainly in official or royal ceremonies
5
any of the separate parts of a train in which the passengers sit
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to give special classes in sports or a school subject, especially privately, to one person or a small group:

Examples:

coach someone in something She coaches students in French, usually for exams.
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Examples:

He coached the Blue Devils during their last championship season.
9
to tell someone what they should say in a particular situation and help them to practise saying it:

Examples:

10
the cheapest type of seats on a plane or train:

Examples:

fly coach Even the company's director flies coach most of the time.
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(esp. in sports) a person who is responsible for managing and training a person or a team:

Examples:

a basketball coach
12
A coach is also an expert who trains someone learning or improving a skill, esp. one related to performing:

Examples:

an acting coach
13
the less expensive sections of an aircraft that most people sit in:

Examples:

[ U ] We were in coach on the flight to Seattle.
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A coach is also one of the separate parts of a train.
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A coach is also a kind of old-fashioned vehicle pulled by one or more horses.
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Br A coach is a bus.
17
to be responsible for managing and training a person or a team:

Examples:

[ I/T ] He coached the Giants until 1997.
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someone whose job is to provide training for people or to help prepare them for something:

Examples:

The company has hired a coach to improve our English.
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to provide training or help prepare someone for something:

Examples:

He offered to coach me for my interview.
coach sb in sth We were coached in the best ways to improve our sales figures.
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the cheapest type of seats on a plane or train:

Examples:

in coach The airline was one of the first to stop serving complimentary meals in coach.

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