MENTOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mentor mean? 

• MENTOR (noun)
  The noun MENTOR has 1 sense:

1. a wise and trusted guide and advisor

  Familiarity information: MENTOR used as a noun is very rare.

• MENTOR (verb)
  The verb MENTOR has 1 sense:

1. serve as a teacher or trusted counselor

  Familiarity information: MENTOR used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MENTOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A wise and trusted guide and advisor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

mentor; wise man

Hypernyms ("mentor" is a kind of...):

intellect; intellectual (a person who uses the mind creatively)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mentor"):

sage (a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom)

• MENTOR (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they mentor    ... he / she / it mentors   
Past simple: mentored   
Past participle: mentored   
-ing form: mentoring   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Serve as a teacher or trusted counselor

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

She is a fine lecturer but she doesn't like mentoring

Hypernyms (to "mentor" is one way to...):

instruct; learn; teach (impart skills or knowledge to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody

 Context examples 

This award is intended to facilitate the transition of investigators from the mentored to the independent stage of their careers in cancer research.

(Career Transition Award, NCI Thesaurus)

Research, publications, mentoring, and continuing professional development are expected skill sets.

(Diabetes Management Nurse Specialist, NCI Thesaurus)

Some of the people you meet will be older than you—one may become a mentor and take you under his or her wing.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

A speech language pathologist who is providing services in a mentored, professional training setting prior to receiving a certificate of clinical competence.

(Clinical Fellow - Speech Language Pathologist, NCI Thesaurus)

A description of the kind and extent of supervision, guidance and advice that the mentor intends to contribute to the trainee during the proposed award period.

(Mentor's Statement, NCI Thesaurus)

I've tried, because one feels awkward in company not to do as everybody else is doing, but I don't seem to get on, said Jo, forgetting to play mentor.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

It was the old tragedy of insularity trying to serve as mentor to the universal.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

This five year career development award provides a mechanism for bridging the transition from a mentored research environment to an independent research career for scientists who have demonstrated unusually high potential during their initial stages of training, career development and are focusing on human disease.

(Howard Temin Award, Guidelines, NCI Thesaurus)

The Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program provides for: Master of Public Health training, participation in the Cancer Prevention and Control Academic Course, mentored research, and brief field assignments in cancer prevention or cancer control programs at other institutions (from Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program/Description)

(Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program, NCI Thesaurus)

Professor Simon Baron-Cohen, Director of the Autism Research Centre at Cambridge, said: Autistic individuals may need a variety of interventions – there’s no ‘one size fits all’ – and these may include an individual support worker, a mentor, opportunities to build social and communication skills and self confidence through activities that the person enjoys, peer support groups, and supported employment schemes.

(Genetic variants for autism linked to higher rates of self-harm and childhood maltreatment, University of Cambridge)