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# coach

«coach» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who trains a sports team or a player** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (coach, coaches); verb (coach, coaches, coached, coaching)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A coach is a person who trains a sports team or a player. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coach/#m1)

2) A coach is also a big comfortable bus for long trips (UK). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coach/#m2)

3) A coach is a carriage pulled by horses (old). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coach/#m3)

4) A coach is a carriage of a train. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coach/#m4)

5) To coach is to train or teach someone a skill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coach/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

a bus carrying people (seats per coach), or the trainer of a team; in school: the coach takes us on a school trip; in sport: the coach picks the team and plans training; phrases: «football coach», «coach trip», «coach station», «travel by coach»

### examples

- A coach holds 50 people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coach/#x1)
- How many coaches for 180 pupils? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coach/#x2)
- The coach gave each player 2 balls. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coach/#x3)
- 3 coaches went to the zoo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coach/#x4)
- Our coach told us to pass the ball more. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coach/#x5)
- We went to the seaside on a coach trip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coach/#x6)
- Mum coaches the girls' netball team. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coach/#x7)
- Cinderella rode to the ball in a golden coach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coach/#x8)
- Wear your seat belt on the coach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coach/#x9)
- The stage coach went rattling past. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coach/#x10)

### note

Equal groups; trap: with a remainder, one more coach is needed (180 ÷ 50 = 3 remainder 30 → 4 coaches). In the USA a long-distance coach is usually a «bus». Plural: coaches.

### In the corpora

- [When you read "the coach used colourful language", nobody painted anything: the coach swore.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/39-pardon-my-french/2/)
- [Parents, carers, grandparents, teachers, school nurses and coaches can be trusted adults.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/56-trusted-adults-and-asking-for-help/8/)
- [In a new club or team, introducing yourself to the coach and to one or two children helps you settle in.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/125-greetings-and-introductions/13/)
- [When a player is hurt, play stops and the referee and coach help; you can kick the ball out of play.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/248-soccer-american-football-and-baseball/11/)
- [In rugby you learn safe tackling from a coach, wear a mouthguard and tackle below the shoulders.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/249-cricket-rugby-basketball-and-hockey/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «coach» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coach/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.