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coached

coached is the simple past and past participle of coach.

Meaning of coach

Verb

coach (third-person singular simple present coaches, present participle coaching, simple past and past participle coached)

  1. (intransitive) To train.
  2. (transitive) To instruct; to train.
    • She has coached many opera stars.
  3. (intransitive) To study under a tutor.
  4. (intransitive) To travel in a coach (sometimes coach it).
    • Affecting genteel fashions, coaching it to all quarters1653, Edward Waterhouse, A humble Apologie for Learning and Learned Men
  5. (transitive) To convey in a coach.
    • The needy poet sticks to all he meets,
      Coached, carted, trod upon, now loose, now fast.
      And carried off in some dog's tail at last1728, [Alexander Pope], “(please specify the page)”, in The Dunciad. An Heroic Poem. […], Dublin; London: […] A. Dodd, →OCLC

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Questions about coached

What is coached the simple past and past participle of?
Coached is the simple past and past participle of coach.

Words near coached in the dictionary

  1. coachbuilders
  2. coachbuilding
  3. coachbuilt
  4. coachdog
  5. coachdogs
  6. coached
  7. coached up
  8. coachee
  9. coachees
  10. Coachella
  11. coacher

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