Definitions for coach
koʊtʃcoach

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.0 / 2 votes

1. coach, manager, handlernoun

   (sports) someone in charge of training an athlete or a team

2. coach, private instructor, tutornoun

   a person who gives private instruction (as in singing, acting, etc.)

3. passenger car, coach, carriagenoun

   a railcar where passengers ride

4. coach, four-in-hand, coach-and-fournoun

   a carriage pulled by four horses with one driver

5. bus, autobus, coach, charabanc, double-decker, jitney, motorbus, motorcoach, omnibus, passenger vehicleverb

   a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport

   "he always rode the bus to work"

6. coach, trainverb

   teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports

   "He is training our Olympic team"; "She is coaching the crew"

7. coachverb

   drive a coach

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. coachnoun

   A wheeled vehicle, generally drawn by horse power.

2. coachnoun

   A railroad car drawn by a locomotive.

3. coachnoun

   A trainer or instructor.

4. coachnoun

   A single decked long-distance, or privately hired bus.

5. coachnoun

   The forward part of the cabin space under the poop deck of a sailing ship; the fore-cabin under the quarter deck.

6. coachnoun

   That part of a commercial passenger airplane reserved for those paying standard fare.

   John flew coach to Vienna, but first-class back home.

7. coachverb

   To train.

8. coachverb

   To instruct.

   She has coached many opera stars.

9. Etymology: From coche, from Kutsche, from kocsi. According to historians, the coach was named after the small Hungarian town of Kocs, which made a livelihood from cart building and transport between Vienna and Budapest.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. COACHnoun

   Etymology: coche, Fr. kotczy, among the Hungarians, by whom this vehicle is said to have been invented. Minshew.

   A carriage of pleasure, or state, distinguished from a chariot by having seats fronting each other.

   Basilius attended for her in a coach, to carry her abroad to see some sports. Philip Sidney, b. ii.

   A better would you fix?
   Then give humility a coach and six. Alexander Pope, Essay on Man.

   Suppose that last week my coach was within an inch of over-turning in a smooth even way, and drawn by very gentle horses. Jonathan Swift.

2. To Coachverb

   To carry in a coach.

   Etymology: from the noun.

   The needy poet sticks to all he meets,
   Coach’d, carted, trod upon; now loose, now fast,
   And carry’d off in some dog’s tail at last. Alexander Pope, Dunciad.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. coach

   A coach is a person who trains, instructs, or guides an individual or a group in the development of skills or knowledge in a specific sport, profession, or field of learning. They support and encourage improvement and progression, offering advice, strategies and techniques to help achieve desired goals or outcomes.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Coachnoun

   a large, closed, four-wheeled carriage, having doors in the sides, and generally a front and back seat inside, each for two persons, and an elevated outside seat in front for the driver

2. Coachnoun

   a special tutor who assists in preparing a student for examination; a trainer; esp. one who trains a boat's crew for a race

3. Coachnoun

   a cabin on the after part of the quarter-deck, usually occupied by the captain

4. Coachnoun

   a first-class passenger car, as distinguished from a drawing-room car, sleeping car, etc. It is sometimes loosely applied to any passenger car

5. Coachverb

   to convey in a coach

6. Coachverb

   to prepare for public examination by private instruction; to train by special instruction

7. Coachverb

   to drive or to ride in a coach; -- sometimes used with

8. Etymology: [F. coche, fr. It. cocchio, dim. of cocca little boat, fr. L. concha mussel, mussel shell, Gr. , akin to Skr. ankha. Cf. Conch, Cockboat, Cockle.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Coach

   In sports, a coach is a person involved in the direction, instruction and training of the operations of a sports team or of individual sportspeople. A coach may also be a teacher.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Coach

   kōch, n. a large, close, four-wheeled carriage: a private tutor: a professional trainer in athletics.—v.t. to carry in a coach: to tutor, instruct, prepare others for, as an examination or a rowing contest, &c.—v.t. to study under a tutor.—ns. Coach′-box, the seat on which the driver of a coach sits; Coach′dog, a spotted dog, kept chiefly as an attendant on coaches, called also Dalmatian Dog; Coach′ee, Coach′y, a coachman; Coach′-fell′ow, a yoke-fellow, comrade; Coach′-hire, money paid for the use of a hired coach; Coach′-horse, a horse used for drawing a coach; Coach′-house, a house to keep a coach in; Coach′ing, travelling by coach: tutoring: instruction; Coach′man, the driver of a coach; Coach′-off′ice, a booking-office for passengers and parcels by stage-coach; Coach′-stand, a place where coaches stand for hire; Coach′-wheel; Coach′-whip.—adj. Coach′y, pertaining to a coach. [Fr. coche—Hung. kocsi (pron. kot′shi), from Kocs, a place south of Komorn.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. coach

   A sort of chamber or apartment in a large ship of war, just before the great cabin. The floor of it is formed by the aftmost part of the quarter-deck, and the roof of it by the poop: it is generally the habitation of the flag-captain.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. coach

   A person who manages a person or team of people and communicates and discusses goals, tasks, plans, instruction or direction.

   She is an amazing listener and efficient coach who loves to empower the team and knows the team creates together.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 29, 2020  

2. ---

   coach

   A type of vehicle and transport.

   The coach had Wifi and the passengers were very happy it did.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 14, 2020  

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. COACH

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Coach is ranked #27481 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Coach surname appeared 877 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Coach.
   
   49.8% or 437 total occurrences were Black.
   43.9% or 385 total occurrences were White.
   3.1% or 28 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.9% or 17 total occurrences were of two or more races.

Matched Categories

1. • Car
   • Drive
   • Driving
   • Singing
   • Sport
   • Teach
   • Teacher
   • Trainer

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'coach' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3443

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'coach' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3799

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'coach' in Nouns Frequency: #1182

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Anagrams for coach »

1. chaco

2. choca

How to pronounce coach?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say coach in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of coach in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of coach in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of coach in a Sentence

1. Danijel Subasic:

   I don't know, they're playing at home, I suppose they should attack us. I don't know how they'll play, I'm not their coach, they have a good squad, good individuals... (it will be) a game as difficult as any other.

2. Suniya Luthar:

   It could be the football coach, band teacher, biology teacher or the receptionist at the front desk.

3. Eugene McCarthy:

   Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game, and dumb enough to think it's important.

4. Rashad Jennings:

   The coach yells,' Rashad Jennings, get in the game !' and I can't even find my helmet, i had to pick up some random helmet. I didn't use their mouthpiece though. That would have been nasty.

5. Alex Edler:

   I think they came out hot and we were expecting that. We talked about that, with a new coach, you want to make a good first impression, so they came out hard, they played hard and didn’t really give us a lot of room and we were just a step behind.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=coach
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Coach
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=coach
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coach
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=coach
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=coach
8. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=coach
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
10. ^ Usage in printed sources
    https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=coach