What does "coach" mean?
A wheeled vehicle, generally pulled by a horse.
Coach
/koʊt͡ʃ/ adv, noun, verb
adv, noun, verb ·Common ·Middle school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A wheeled vehicle, generally pulled by a horse.
- Grammar: coach is listed as adv, noun, verb.
- Nearest alternatives: bus, carriage, tutor, advise.
- Useful contrasts: discourage, dismiss, freeze.
- Usage evidence: A fanatic threw a bomb at the king's coach.
How to use "coach"
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A wheeled vehicle, generally pulled by a horse.
"I have a coach waiting. During intermission, would you consent to accompany me for a cooling ride around the city?"
- 2 a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport wordnet
- 3 A passenger car, either drawn by a locomotive or part of a multiple unit. Australia, UK
- 4 a carriage pulled by four horses with one driver wordnet
- 5 A trainer or instructor.
"football coach"
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- 6 a railcar where passengers ride wordnet
- 7 A long-distance, or privately hired, bus. Australia, British
- 8 a person who gives private instruction (as in singing, acting, etc.) wordnet
- 9 The forward part of the cabin space under the poop deck of a sailing ship; the fore-cabin under the quarter deck.
"The commanders all came on board and the council sat in the coach."
- 10 (sports) someone in charge of training an athlete or a team wordnet
- 11 The part of a commercial passenger airplane or train reserved for those paying the lower standard fares; the economy section. US
"We couldn't afford the good tickets, so we spent the flight crammed in coach."
- 12 The lower-fare service whose passengers sit in this part of the airplane or train; economy class. US
Verb
- 1 To train. intransitive
- 2 teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports wordnet
- 3 To instruct; to train. transitive
"She has coached many opera stars."
- 4 drive or operate a coach or carriage wordnet
- 5 To study under a tutor. intransitive
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- 6 To travel in a coach (sometimes coach it). intransitive
"Affecting genteel fashions, coaching it to all quarters"
- 7 To convey in a coach. transitive
"The needy poet sticks to all he meets, Coached, carted, trod upon, now loose, now fast. And carried off in some dog's tail at last"
Adverb
- 1 Via the part of a commercial passenger airplane or train reserved for those paying the lower standard fares; via the economy section. US, not-comparable
"John flew coach to Vienna, but first-class back home."
Antonyms
Example
"A fanatic threw a bomb at the king's coach."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "coach"?
Common synonyms include: bus, carriage, tutor, advise, advise, advocate.
How do you use "coach" in a sentence?
A fanatic threw a bomb at the king's coach.
How do you pronounce "coach"?
Pronounced /koʊt͡ʃ/.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French coche, from German Kutsche, from Hungarian kocsi. According to historians, the coach was named after the small Hungarian town of Kocs, which made a livelihood from cart building and transport between Vienna and Budapest. The meaning "instructor/trainer" is from Oxford University slang (c. 1830) for a "tutor" who "carries" one through an exam; the athletic sense is from 1861.