coach
- Top 3000
Sense 1
- noun
- A1
A big comfortable bus that takes groups of people on long journeys between towns.
The school hired a coach to take both classes to the exhibition.
Our coach stopped at a service station for a twenty-minute break.
Travelling by coach is slower than the train but far cheaper.
Put your bag in the luggage hold under the coach.
Common collocations: by coach · coach trip · coach station · hire a coach · catch the coach
Part of: Means of transport, Airports and stations, Holidays
Sense 2
- noun
- A2
A person who trains a sports team or a player and tells the players what to do.
The coach shouted instructions from the edge of the pitch.
Our new swimming coach has changed the whole training programme.
He asked the coach if he could play in defence instead.
Common collocations: head coach · football coach · assistant coach · a life coach
Sense 3 · less common
- verb
- B2
To teach a person or a team a skill by training and giving advice again and again.
He coaches the junior team every Tuesday and Thursday evening.
She coached me through the interview questions until I felt calm.
A retired teacher coaches students for the entrance exams.
Common collocations: coach a team · coach somebody in something · coach somebody for an exam · be coached by
Part of: Sport, School and teaching
Sense 4 · less common
- noun
- B2
One of the separate parts of a train where passengers sit.
Our seats are in coach D, near the front of the train.
The rear coaches were almost empty, so we moved back.
In the quiet coach passengers are asked not to make calls.
Common collocations: front coach · rear coach · quiet coach · coach number
Part of: Means of transport, Airports and stations
Forms
- plural
- coaches
- third_person
- coaches