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coach

verb · noun US /koʊtʃ/

teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports

How often you will meet it

Rank 2,599 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,442 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.

What it means

verb

  1. teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports also: train He is training our Olympic teamShe is coaching the crew
  2. drive a coach

noun

  1. (sports) someone in charge of training an athlete or a team also: manager, handler
  2. a person who gives private instruction (as in singing, acting, etc.) also: private instructor, tutor
  3. a railcar where passengers ride also: passenger car, carriage
  4. a carriage pulled by four horses with one driver also: four-in-hand, coach-and-four
  5. a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport also: bus, autobus, charabanc, double-decker, jitney, motorbus he always rode the bus to work

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

coach in real books

Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.

  • A lady, very richly dressed and wearing many sparkling diamonds, sat within the coach.

    The Firelight Fairy Book · Henry Beston · Chapter 1

  • They had stopped when the coach stopped, and they kept close company with it.

    A Tale of Two Cities · Charles Dickens · Chapter 2

  • One of the men swung up on the steps of the day coach and came in.

    The Lure of the Dim Trails · B. M. Bower · Chapter 2

  • The storm was still raging when he alighted that evening from the up coach at the trail nearest his house.

    Mr. Jack Hamlin's Mediation · Bret Harte · Chapter 2

  • Travelled six miles by the Wick coach and walked the remaining fifteen miles to John o' Groat's--Lodged at the "Huna Inn."

    From John O'Groats to Land's End · John Anderton Naylor · Chapter 1

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