coach
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
- 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
- drive a coach
noun
- (sports) someone in charge of training an athlete or a team also: manager, handler
- a person who gives private instruction (as in singing, acting, etc.) also: private instructor, tutor
- a railcar where passengers ride also: passenger car, carriage
- a carriage pulled by four horses with one driver also: four-in-hand, coach-and-four
- a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport also: bus, autobus, charabanc, double-decker, jitney, motorbus he always rode the bus to work
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.
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A lady, very richly dressed and wearing many sparkling diamonds, sat within the coach.
The Firelight Fairy Book · Henry Beston · Chapter 1
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They had stopped when the coach stopped, and they kept close company with it.
A Tale of Two Cities · Charles Dickens · Chapter 2
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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
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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
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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