tutorial
See also: Tutorial
English
Etymology
The adjective is from tutor (noun) + -ial, ultimately from Latin tūtor (“watcher, protector, defender”). The noun is transferred from the adjective.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /tjuːˈtɔːɹɪəl/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /tuˈtɔɹijəɫ/, /tʊˈtɔɹijəɫ/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /tʃʉˈtoːɹiəɫ/
- Rhymes: -ɔːɹɪəl
- Hyphenation: tu‧tor‧i‧al
Adjective
tutorial (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to a tutor; belonging to, or exercised by, a tutor.
- 1959, Iona Opie, Peter Opie, The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren, page 363:
- The probability is that any verse of this nature, in which the lines are worn smooth, is one which has been causing tutorial ears to tingle for a generation at least; and very probably it is known in a variety of forms.
Translations
Noun
tutorial (plural tutorials)
- A self-paced learning exercise; a lesson prepared so that a student can learn at their own speed, at their convenience.
- An interactive class taught by a tutor to students at university or college, individually or in small groups.
- (computing) A video or text guide or instruction about a specific topic (generally a how-to)
Derived terms
Translations
self-paced learning exercise
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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ty.tɔ.ʁjal/
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tu.to.ˈri.al/
- Rhymes: -al, -l
- Hyphenation: tu‧to‧ri‧al
Noun
tutorial (plural tutorial-tutorial, first-person possessive tutorialku, second-person possessive tutorialmu, third-person possessive tutorialnya)
- tutorial:
- (education) A self-paced learning exercise; a lesson prepared so that a student can learn at their own speed, at their convenience.
- (education) An interactive class taught by a tutor to students at university or college, individually or in small groups.
- Synonym: tutoran (Standard Malay)
- A video or text that is basically a how-to (advice or instruction on a particular topic).
Related terms
Further reading
- “tutorial” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Portuguese
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tutoˈɾjal/ [t̪u.t̪oˈɾjal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: tu‧to‧rial
Noun
tutorial m (plural tutoriales)
- (computing) tutorial (A video or text that is basically a how-to)
- 2015 September 14, “Plataformas para aprobar asignaturas imposibles”, in El País:
- Hay espacios como Unybook en el que los universitarios pueden colgar sus apuntes y recibir dinero a cambio, o como Sharing Academy o Tutellus en los que ofrecen clases particulares o suben sus propios tutoriales con técnicas para aprobar asignaturas imposibles.
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Further reading
- “tutorial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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