coach

Universal Words noun, verb noun 1 [C] somebody who trains a person or team in sport: a basketball / football / tennis coach * Italy's national coach 2 [C] (BrE) a person who gives private lessons to sb, often to prepare them for an exam: a maths coach 3 [C] (BrE) a comfortable bus for carrying passengers over long distances: They went to Italy on a coach tour. * Travel is by coach overnight to Berlin. * a coach station (= where coaches start and end their journey) * a coach party (= a group of people travelling together on a coach) 4 [C] (BrE) = CARRIAGE: a railway coach 5 [C] a large carriage with four wheels, pulled by horses, used in the past for carrying passengers seealsoSTAGECOACH 6 [U] (AmE) the cheapest seats in a plane: to fly coach * coach fares / passengers / seats IDIOMS see DRIVEv. verb ~ sb (in / for sth) 1 to train sb to play a sport, to do a job better, or to improve a skill: [VN] Her father coached her for the Olympics. * She has coached hundreds of young singers. * He coaches basketball and soccer. [also VNtoinf] 2 [VN] (especially BrE) to give a student extra teaching in a particular subject especially so that they will pass an exam 3 ~ sb (in / on sth) to give sb special instructions for what they should do or say in a particular situation: [VN] They believed the witnesses had been coached on what to say. [also VNtoinf]