TUTORIAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tutorial mean? 

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

1. a session of intensive tuition given by a tutor to an individual or to a small number of students

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

• TUTORIAL (adjective)
  The adjective TUTORIAL has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to tutors or tutoring

  Familiarity information: TUTORIAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TUTORIAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A session of intensive tuition given by a tutor to an individual or to a small number of students

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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

session (a meeting for execution of a group's functions)

Derivation:

tutorial (of or relating to tutors or tutoring)

• TUTORIAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to tutors or tutoring

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

tutorial sessions

Pertainym:

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

Derivation:

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

tutorial (a session of intensive tuition given by a tutor to an individual or to a small number of students)

 Context examples 

A computer system that provides tutorial instruction in academic subjects at an individual level in a format that allows students to master material at their own pace, i.e., CME courses.

(Integrated Learning System, NCI Thesaurus)

This year, you will only host Saturn in this work-a-day assignment sixth house for a little over three months, and then Saturn will retreat to Capricorn to finish up his tutorial in your fifth house of truelove.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)