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tutorial

/tuˈtɔriəl/
/tuˈtɔriəl/
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Other forms: tutorials

A tutorial is a teaching session given to one student or a small group of students. If you are stuck in a class, you could use a tutorial.

Teachers lead classes, but tutors are educators who also help students, usually one-on-one. Tutors don’t give grades: they just try to help or coach students. A session given by a tutor is called a tutorial. A tutorial could be a one-on-one session in a tutoring center or elsewhere. A tutorial could also be a small group led by a tutor, in which the tutor helps the whole group with math, history, or another topic.

Definitions of tutorial
  1. noun
    a session of intensive tuition given by a tutor to an individual or to a small number of students
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    type of:
    session
    a meeting for execution of a group's functions
  2. adjective
    of or relating to tutors or tutoring
    tutorial sessions”
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/tuˈtɔriəl/
UK
/tuˈtɔriəl/
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