Meaning of coach In English

• 0 someone whose job is to teach people to improve at a sport, skill, or school subject:

  • a tennis/maths coach

  • Gus Poyet was appointed as head coach.

• 1 a long motor vehicle with comfortable seats, used to take groups of people on journeys:

  • We're going to the airport by coach.

  • a coach trip

• 2 to give special classes in sports or a school subject, especially privately, to one person or a small group:

  • She coaches students in French, usually for exams.

• 3 to train and organize a sports team:

  • He coached the Blue Devils during their last championship season.

• 4 the cheapest type of seats on a plane or train:

  • Even the company's director flies coach most of the time.

• 5 (esp. in sports) a person who is responsible for managing and training a person or a team:

  • a basketball coach

  • an acting coach

• 6 the less expensive sections of an aircraft that most people sit in:

  • [ U ] We were in coach on the flight to Seattle.

• 7 to be responsible for managing and training a person or a team:

  • [ I/T ] He coached the Giants until 1997.

• 8 someone whose job is to provide training for people or to help prepare them for something:

  • The company has hired a coach to improve our English.

• 9 to provide training or help prepare someone for something:

  • He offered to coach me for my interview.

  • coach sb in sth We were coached in the best ways to improve our sales figures.

• 10 the cheapest type of seats on a plane or train:

  • in coach The airline was one of the first to stop serving complimentary meals in coach.