coach

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /kəʊtʃ/, SAMPA: /k@UtS/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /koʊtʃ, SAMPA: /koUtS/

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Noun

Singular coach

Plural coaches

A coach.

1. (countable) (sports) A coach is a teacher of a sport.

   Even though his team won, first-year coach Andrew Johnson was not happy.

   Parkview's new assistant girls soccer coach Karen Kingston has led the Panthers team to a 4-1 record.

   Mrs. Schenkman, the seventh grade girls' basketball coach, had ended practice for the day.

2. (countable) A coach is a private teacher, often to help prepare for a particular test, job, or situation.
3. (countable) A coach is a bus or a car of a train with seats for many people.

   Thomas the Tank Engine was pulling his coaches Annie and Clarabel back into Knapford Station.

4. (countable) A coach is a vehicle pulled by a horse.

Synonyms

• tutor
• trainer
• instructor

Verb

Plain form coach

Third-person singular coaches

Past tense coached

Past participle coached

Present participle coaching

1. (transitive & intransitive), (sports) If you coach a person or a team, you teach them how to do a sport.

   She coaches girls gymnastics at Middlebury High School.

2. (transitive) If you coach someone, you help them prepare for a particular test, job, or situation.

Synonyms

• train
• instruct