coach

Meanings

Plural: coaches

Noun

• (sports) someone in charge of training an athlete or a team
• a person who gives private instruction (as in singing, acting, etc.)
• a railcar where passengers ride
• a carriage pulled by four horses with one driver
• a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport
• A wheeled vehicle, generally pulled by a horse.
• A passenger car, either drawn by a locomotive or part of a multiple unit.
• A trainer or instructor.
• A long-distance, or privately hired, bus.
• The forward part of the cabin space under the poop deck of a sailing ship; the fore-cabin under the quarter deck.
• The part of a commercial passenger airplane or train reserved for those paying the lower standard fares; the economy section.
• The lower-fare service whose passengers sit in this part of the airplane or train; economy class.

Verb

• teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports
  • "She is coaching the crew"
• drive a coach
• To train.
• To instruct; to train.
• To study under a tutor.
• To travel in a coach (sometimes coach it).
• To convey in a coach.

Adv

• Via the part of a commercial passenger airplane or train reserved for those paying the lower standard fares; via the economy section.

Synonyms

autobus, bus, carriage, charabanc, coach-and-four, double-decker, four-in-hand, handler, jitney, manager, motorbus, motorcoach, omnibus, passenger car, passenger vehicle, private instructor, train, tutor

Related Words

coachee

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