Antonyms for coached
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : kohch |
| Phonetic Transcription : koʊtʃ |
Definition of coached
Origin :- 1550s, "large kind of carriage," from Middle French coche (16c.), from German kotsche, from Hungarian kocsi (szekér) "(carriage) of Kocs," village where it was first made. In Hungary, the thing and the name for it date from 15c., and forms are found in most European languages (e.g. Spanish and Portuguese coche, Italian cocchino, Dutch koets). Applied to railway cars 1866, American English. Sense of "economy or tourist class" is from 1949. Meaning "instructor/trainer" is c.1830 Oxford University slang for a tutor who "carries" a student through an exam; athletic sense is 1861.
- verb instruct, usually in recreation
- He soon recognized this, as also that the man had been coached minutely.
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
- He coached and trained her against the consummation of his plan.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 » by Various
- Apparently I must have “coached” the forger, and told him what kinds of things to fake.
- Extract from : « The Clyde Mystery » by Andrew Lang
- Coached since childhood in social responsibility, he thought of it now.
- Extract from : « The Status Civilization » by Robert Sheckley
- He gave us capital feeds, smoked with us, and coached us in Ethics and Agamemnon.
- Extract from : « Loss and Gain » by John Henry Newman
- "My father," says Geoffrey, too loyal to admit it was his mother who had coached him wrong.
- Extract from : « The Martian » by George Du Maurier
- In this house one is so coached in the servants the day one arrives.
- Extract from : « A Room With A View » by E. M. Forster
- Thursday evening Gertie coached him in a new dance, the turkey trot.
- Extract from : « The Trail of the Hawk » by Sinclair Lewis
- I never could make up my mind to work for them; but when I coached with you, you made me like it.
- Extract from : « The Romance of Mathematics » by P. Hampson
- Subsequently he had coached at a college in Ohio and had put said college on the map.
- Extract from : « Left Guard Gilbert » by Ralph Henry Barbour
Synonyms for coached
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