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English

Etymology

From Latin tutorius +? -ial.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /tju??t?????l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /tuw?t??ij??/, /t??t??ij??/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /t???to??i??/
• Rhymes: -?????l
• Hyphenation: tu?tor?i?al

Adjective

tutorial (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to a tutor; belonging to, or exercised by, a tutor.
   • 1959, Iona Opie, Peter Opie, The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren (page 363)

     The probability is that any verse of this nature, in which the lines are worn smooth, is one which has been causing tutorial ears to tingle for a generation at least; and very probably it is known in a variety of forms.

Translations

Noun

tutorial (plural tutorials)

1. A self-paced learning exercise; a lesson prepared so that a student can learn at their own speed, at their convenience.
2. An interactive class taught by a tutor to students at university or college, individually or in small groups.
3. (computing) A video or text that is basically a how-to (advice or instruction on a particular topic)

Translations

French

Etymology

From English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ty.t?.?jal/

Noun

tutorial m (plural tutoriaux)

1. Alternative form of tutoriel

Portuguese

Adjective

tutorial (plural tutorais, comparable)

1. tutorial

Noun

tutorial m (plural tutoriais)

1. tutorial (self-paced learning exercise)
2. (computing) tutorial (A video or text that is basically a how-to)

Spanish

Etymology

From tutor +? -ial.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuto??jal/, [t?u.t?o??jal]

Adjective

tutorial (plural tutoriales)

1. tutorial

Noun

tutorial m (plural tutoriales)

1. (computing) tutorial (A video or text that is basically a how-to)

English

Etymology

From Old French [Term?], from Latin tuiti? (“guard, protection, defense”), from tu?ri (“to watch, guard, see, observe”). Compare intuition, tutor.

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: to?o?'sh?n, IPA^(key): /tu????n/
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: tyo?o?'sh?n, IPA^(key): /tju?????n/
• (India) enPR: tyo?o'sh?n, IPA^(key): /?tju???n/
• Rhymes: -???n

Noun

tuition (countable and uncountable, plural tuitions)

1. (Canada, US) A sum of money paid for instruction (such as in a high school, boarding school, university, or college).

   Synonym: (UK) tuition fees

2. The training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor.
   1. (India) Paid private classes taken outside of formal education; tutoring. (also used attributively)

3. (archaic) Care, guardianship.
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 1 Scene 1:

     BENEDICK. I have almost matter enough in me for such an embassage; and so I commit you—

     CLAUDIO. To the tuition of God: from my house, if I had it,—

     DON PEDRO. The sixth of July: your loving friend, Benedick.

     BENEDICK. Nay, mock not, mock not.

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Further reading

• tuition in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• tuition in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.