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# coach

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

«coach» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A coach is a person who trains a sports team or a player. [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coach/#m2)
3. A coach is a carriage pulled by horses (old). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coach/#m3)
4. A coach is a carriage of a train. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coach/#m4)
5. To coach is to train or teach someone a skill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coach/#m5)

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «coach» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coach/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«coach» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/coach.html) on Mova free.