coach
part of speech
noun (coach, coaches); verb (coach, coaches, coached, coaching)
meaning for a pupil
1) A coach is a person who trains a sports team or a player. tree →
2) A coach is also a big comfortable bus for long trips (UK). tree →
3) A coach is a carriage pulled by horses (old). tree →
4) A coach is a carriage of a train. tree →
5) To coach is to train or teach someone a skill. tree →
sense in the lessons
a bus carrying people (seats per coach), or the trainer of a team; in school: the coach takes us on a school trip; in sport: the coach picks the team and plans training; phrases: «football coach», «coach trip», «coach station», «travel by coach»
examples
- A coach holds 50 people. tree →
- How many coaches for 180 pupils? tree →
- The coach gave each player 2 balls. tree →
- 3 coaches went to the zoo. tree →
- Our coach told us to pass the ball more. tree →
- We went to the seaside on a coach trip. tree →
- Mum coaches the girls' netball team. tree →
- Cinderella rode to the ball in a golden coach. tree →
- Wear your seat belt on the coach. tree →
- The stage coach went rattling past. tree →
note
Equal groups; trap: with a remainder, one more coach is needed (180 ÷ 50 = 3 remainder 30 → 4 coaches). In the USA a long-distance coach is usually a «bus». Plural: coaches.
In the corpora
- When you read "the coach used colourful language", nobody painted anything: the coach swore.
- Parents, carers, grandparents, teachers, school nurses and coaches can be trusted adults.
- In a new club or team, introducing yourself to the coach and to one or two children helps you settle in.
- When a player is hurt, play stops and the referee and coach help; you can kick the ball out of play.
- In rugby you learn safe tackling from a coach, wear a mouthguard and tackle below the shoulders.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «coach» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.