coach

Someone who teaches people a sport and helps them improve.

• Our coach is very patient.
• The coach changed the team before the match.
• Who coached you before you met your current coach?

Similar words: trainer

Common phrases: football coach, team coach, head coach

Someone who gives personal lessons or advice to help you prepare for a task or improve a skill.

• I hired a coach for my interview.
• Her voice coach helped her sing more clearly.
• Do you need a coach to prepare your speech?

Similar words: tutor, trainer, instructor

Common phrases: acting coach, voice coach, interview coach

A bus for carrying many passengers, or a railway vehicle with passenger seats.

• We travelled there by coach.
• Our seats are in the last coach of the train.
• Several coaches carried the visitors to the museum.

Similar words: passenger car, bus

Common phrases: passenger coach, railway coach, travel by coach

Someone who teaches skills and helps people improve their performance.

• The coach showed us a better technique.
• She works as a coach for young performers.
• Several coaches helped the group improve their skills.

Similar words: trainer, instructor

Common phrases: skills coach, performance coach, football coach

A comfortable bus used for long journeys or hired to carry a group.

• We went to London by coach.
• The school hired two coaches for the trip.
• Does this coach stop at the airport?

Similar words: bus, tour bus

Common phrases: coach trip, coach hire, travel by coach

A large vehicle with wheels, pulled by horses and used to carry people.

• The horses pulled a coach.
• A royal coach waited outside the palace.
• They rode to the inn in a crowded coach.

Similar words: carriage

Common phrases: horse drawn coach, royal coach, coach driver

To teach a person or team how to play a sport better.

• She coaches our football team.
• He coached young players for ten years.
• Would you like to coach basketball at our school?

How to use it: coach someone in something (He coaches children in tennis.)

Similar words: train, teach

Common phrases: coach a team, coach tennis, coach young players

To give someone personal help so they can do well in a test, job, or situation.

• She coached me for the test.
• He coaches people who are looking for work.
• Who coached you before the interview?

How to use it: coach someone for something (She coached me for the entrance exam.); coach someone in something (He coached us in interview techniques.); coach someone through something (My manager coached me through my first presentation.)

Similar words: tutor, prepare, train

Common phrases: coach someone for, coach someone through, coach someone in