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coaching

coach
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [kohch]
    • /koʊtʃ/
    • /kəʊtʃ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kohch]
    • /koʊtʃ/

Definitions of coaching word

  • noun coaching the act of training a person or team of people in a particular sport 3
  • noun coaching the act of training staff in business or office practice 3
  • noun coaching the act of giving a person special teaching in a particular subject, esp in order to prepare him or her for an examination 3
  • noun coaching a large, horse-drawn, four-wheeled carriage, usually enclosed. 1
  • noun coaching a public motorbus. 1
  • noun coaching Railroads. day coach. 1

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Origin of coaching

First appearance:

before 1550
One of the 31% oldest English words
1550-60; 1840-50 for sense “tutor”; earlier coche(e) < Middle French coche < German Kotsche, Kutsche < Hungarian kocsi, short for kocsi szekér cart of Kocs, town on the main road between Vienna and Budapest; senses referring to tutoring, from the conception of the tutor as one who carries the student through examinations

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Parts of speech for Coaching

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

coaching popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

coaching usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for coaching

noun coaching

  • training — Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
  • education — the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life.
  • schooling — a large number of fish, porpoises, whales, or the like, feeding or migrating together.
  • teaching — Informal. teacher.
  • tutoring — a person employed to instruct another in some branch or branches of learning, especially a private instructor.

Top questions with coaching

  • what is a life coaching?
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