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tutelage

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tu·te·lage  (ttl-j, tyt-)
n.
1. The capacity or activity of a guardian; guardianship.
2. The capacity or activity of a tutor; instruction or teaching.
3. The state of being under the direction of a guardian or tutor.

[Latin ttla (from ttus, variant past participle of tur, to guard) + -age.]

tutelage [ˈtjuːtɪlɪdʒ]
n
1. the act or office of a guardian or tutor
2. (Social Science / Education) instruction or guidance, esp by a tutor
3. the condition of being under the supervision of a guardian or tutor
[from Latin tūtēla a caring for, from tuērī to watch over; compare tuition]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.tutelagetutelage - teaching pupils individually (usually by a tutor hired privately)
teaching, pedagogy, instruction - the profession of a teacher; "he prepared for teaching while still in college"; "pedagogy is recognized as an important profession"
2.tutelagetutelage - attention and management implying responsibility for safety; "he is in the care of a bodyguard"
protection - the activity of protecting someone or something; "the witnesses demanded police protection"
due care, ordinary care, reasonable care - the care that a reasonable man would exercise under the circumstances; the standard for determining legal duty
foster care - supervised care for delinquent or neglected children usually in an institution or substitute home
great care - more attention and consideration than is normally bestowed by prudent persons; "the pilot exercised great care in landing"
providence - the guardianship and control exercised by a deity; "divine providence"
slight care - such care as a careless or inattentive person would exercise

tutelage
noun (Formal) guidance, education, instruction, preparation, schooling, charge, care, teaching, protection, custody, tuition, dependence, patronage, guardianship, wardship This period of tutelage was indispensable for the territories.
Translations
tutelage [ˈtjuːtɪlɪdʒ] Ntutela f
under the tutelage ofbajo la tutela de

tutelage
n (form)
(= teaching)Führung f, → Anleitung f; the students made good progress under his able tutelagein seinem guten Unterricht machten die Schüler große Fortschritte
(= guardianship)Vormundschaft f

tutelage [ˈtjuːtɪlɪdʒ] n (frm) → tutela
under sb's tutelage → sotto la tutela di qn
tutelage [ˈtjuːtɪlɪdʒ] n (frm) → tutela
under sb's tutelage → sotto la tutela di qn

tutelage
n tutelage [ˈtjuːtəlidʒ]
1 guardianship. voogskap وِصايَه настойничество poručnictví formynderskab die Vormundschaft κηδεμονία tutela hooldus سرپرستی؛ کفالت ohjaajana olo tutelle חָסוּת संरक्षण प्रतिपाल्यता skrbništvo, starateljstvo gyámság perlindungan fjárhald tutela 監督 후견, 보호 globa aizbildniecība jagaan voogdij formynderskap kuratela tutela tutelă опекунство poručenstvo, opatrovníctvo skrbništvo starateljstvo förmyndarskap การสั่งสอน vesayet, korumalık 保護, 監護 опікунство; опіка سرپرستي، نگراني sự bảo vệ ,
2 tuition, instruction. onderrig تَعْليم обучение výuka undervisning die Anleitung διδασκαλία enseñanza, instrucción õpetus آموزش ohjaus leçons, instruction הַדרָכָה ‍िहदायत, शिक्षा poduka oktatás pengajaran fræðsla, læri tutela 指導 교습, 지도 (ap)mokymas mācīšana didikan onderricht undervisning nauczanie instrução educaţie обучение; руководство výučba poučevanje instrukcija handledning, undervisning การสอน öğretim 教導 навчання درس، تعليم sự giáo dục


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Michael's crowning achievement, under Daughtry's tutelage, in the first days in the stateroom, was to learn to count up to five.
This distinction, however, would violate the maxim of good sense and sound policy, which dictates that every POWER ought to be in proportion to its OBJECT; and would still leave the general government in a kind of tutelage to the State governments, inconsistent with every idea of vigor or efficiency.
Likewise, under Sola's tutelage, I developed my telepathic powers so that I shortly could sense practically everything that went on around me.
 
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