tutelage

  • 11tutelage — noun Etymology: Latin tutela protection, guardian (from tutari to protect, frequentative of tueri to look at, guard) + English age Date: 1605 1. a. an act or process of serving as guardian or protector ; guardianship b. hegemony over a foreign… …

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  • 12tutelage — /tooht l ij, tyooht /, n. 1. the act of guarding, protecting, or guiding; office or function of a guardian; guardianship. 2. instruction; teaching; guidance: His knowledge of Spanish increased under private tutelage. 3. the state of being under a …

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  • 13tutelage — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Instruction] Syn. teaching, tutoring, tutorship, schooling; see education 1 . 2. [Care] Syn. guardianship, charge, protection; see custody 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) n. [TOOT ul ij] teaching,… …

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  • 14tutelage — tu|te|lage [ tutlıdʒ ] noun under someone s tutelage FORMAL in a situation in which someone is teaching or training you …

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  • 15tutelage — [[t]tju͟ːtɪlɪʤ, AM tu͟ːt [/t]] N UNCOUNT: usu under N If one person, group, or country does something under the tutelage of another, they do it while they are being taught or guided by them. [FORMAL] …

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  • 16tutelage — UK [ˈtjuːt(ə)lɪdʒ] / US [ˈtut(ə)lɪdʒ] noun under someone s tutelage …

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  • 17tutelage — Synonyms and related words: abetment, administration, advocacy, aegis, auspices, backing, care, catechization, chair, chair of English, championship, charge, charity, clientage, clientship, coaching, countenance, cure, custodianship, custody,… …

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  • 18tutelage — tu·te·lage || tuːtlɪdÊ’ / tjuːtɪl n. guardianship; instruction; state of being under guardianship or instruction …

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  • 19tutelage — [ tju:tɪlɪdʒ] noun 1》 protection of or authority over someone or something; guardianship. 2》 instruction; tuition. Derivatives tutelary adjective Origin C17: from L. tutela keeping (from tut , tueri watch ) + age …

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  • 20tutelage — n. Protection, guardianship, tutorship …

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