tutorial
Americanadjective
noun
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a class in which a tutor gives intensive instruction in some subject to an individual student or a small group of students.
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Computers.
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programmed instruction provided to a user at a computer terminal, often concerning the use of a particular software package and built into that package.
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a manual explaining how to use a particular software package or computer system.
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noun
adjective
Other Word Forms
- nontutorial adjective
- nontutorially adverb
Etymology
Origin of tutorial
1735–45; < Latin tūtōri ( us ) of a guardian + -al 1
Example Sentences
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A few months and one tutorial from Anthropic’s Claude AI model later, Marks’ latest investment memo has the header “AI hurtles ahead.”
From MarketWatch • Feb. 27, 2026
The show, a touring tutorial he created and performs solo, allows Page the opportunity to animate with barnstorming crackle a rogue’s gallery of Shakespearean scoundrels.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2026
"Let me give you a little tutorial on boxing," he said on X.
From BBC • Nov. 15, 2025
I also reached out to Jaxon St.Clair, a 22-year-old competitive barista, who showed up the day before to give me a tutorial.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025
From the first, it was not as though we were engaged in tense political arguments but a lively and interesting tutorial.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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