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Definition: Coach |
CoachNoun1. (sports) someone in charge of training an athlete or a team. 2. A person who gives private instruction (as in singing or acting). 3. A railcar where passengers ride. 4. A carriage pulled by four horses with one driver. 5. A vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport; "he always rode the bus to work". Verb1. Teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports; "He is training our Olympic team"; "She is coaching the crew". 2. Drive a coach. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "coach" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1532. (references) |
Etymology: Coach \Coach\, noun. [French coche, from Italian cocchio, diminutive of cocca little boat, from Latin concha mussel, mussel shell, Greek, akin to Sanskrit [,c]ankha. Compare to Conch, Cockboat, Cockle.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of riding in a coach, denotes continued losses and depressions in business. Driving one implies removal or business changes. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Literature | Coach (A) A private tutor The term is a pun on getting on fast. To get on fast you take a coach, you cannot get on fast without a private tutor- ergo, a private tutor is the coach you take in order that you may get on quickly. (University slang.) "The books are expensive, and often a further expense is entailed by the necessity of securing `a coach.' "- Stedman Oxford, chap. x. p. 188. To dine in the coach. In the captain's private room. The coach or couch of a ship is a small apartment near the stern, the floor being formed of the aftmost part of the quarter-deck, and the roof by the poop. A slow coach. A dull, unprogressive person, somewhat fossilised. "What a dull, old-fashioned chap thou be st but thou wert always a slow-coach."- Mrs. Gaskell: Cibbie Marsh (Era 2). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Occupations | Analyzes performance and instructs PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES (amuse. & rec.) in game strategies and techniques to prepare them for athletic competition: Observes players while they perform to determine need for individual or team improvement. Coaches players individually or in groups, demonstrating techniques of sport coached. Oversees daily practice of players to instruct them in areas of deficiency. Determines strategy during game, independently or in conference with other COACH, PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES (amuse. & rec.) or HEAD COACH (amuse. & rec.) based on factors as weakness in opposing team. May be designated according to phase of game coached as Defensive-Line Coach (amuse. & rec.); Pitching Coach (amuse. & rec.). May be designated according to game coached as Basketball Coach (amuse. & rec.); Football Coach (amuse. & rec.); Swimming Coach (amuse. & rec.); Tennis Coach (amuse. & rec.). (references) |
Sports & Leisure | One who instructs or trains. . . players in the fundamentals of a competitive sport and directs team strategy. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
This article discusses transportation vehicles. For the concept of a coach as a person who encourages and trains, see coaching.
Rail coach
A coach is a road or rail vehicle designed to transport passengers. A rail coach, also known as a carriage, forms part of a passenger train. In North America rail coaches are often known as cars.
It can be self-propelled (railcar, multiple unit) or, usually together with more coaches, be pulled or pushed by a locomotive.
For more info: See Railroad car
See also:
- dining car
- double decker
- sleeping car
Road coach
A road coach is similar to a bus but is usually more comfortable and designed for longer distance travel. See also stagecoach.
Etymology
The word coach is derived from the Hungarian word for stagecoach, kocsi. Kocs is a small town in Hungary where, in the Middle Ages, mail coaches with a novel, exceptionally durable and comfortable suspension and steering system were built. Kocsi means from Kocs.
Coach was also the name of an American television program that aired on ABC from 1989 until 1997.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Coach."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
An exact definition of sport is elusive.For example, the well-known philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein argues that sports are defined, not by a set of common characteristics, but by new activities sharing some common aspects with existing sports, but not necessarily sharing any common characteristics with all. Credence to this comment may be taken from the increasingly diverse set of activities that are at least claimed by some as sports - from chess to cheerleading, from sheepdog trials to ballroom dancing. What do all of those activities have in common?
Many of the above would not be recognised as sports by fans of more traditionally-recognised sports, and using Wittgenstein's "extension" approach it would be quite reasonable to claim a "battle of the bands" competition as a sporting event and thus playing rock and roll as a sport, a definition which makes "sport" so broad as to be potentially useless and quite different to the common understanding, fuzzy though that may be.
An operational definition.
A pragmatic approach to defining "sport" is to look at the common usage of the term. A sport can be operationally defined as an activity characteristically involving :
The excellence above in point one may be measured against previous benchmarks, time measurements, performance of the other team or participants, world records, etc..
- The exercise of an everyday skill or ability , but aiming to attain excellence
- Conforming to rules of the sport, and
- The skill is exercised for a purpose other than its usual application in daily life.
Examples of skills which have become sports:
Physical sports use characteristics such as strength, stamina, speed, dexterity and other skills, other sports use more cerebral skills, such as strategic thinking in chess.
- Gladiators in Rome fought and killed for the delectation of the audience, rather than to protect the Empire:
- Yachting is the travel across water for enjoyment or competition rather than e.g. for transport or commerce:
- Running is done on a course for a fixed length of time or distance, rather than simply to catch a bus.
A taxonomy of sports
Main article: List of sports
One system for classifying sports is as follows, based more on the sport's aim than on the actual mechanics. The examples given are intended to be illustrative, rather than comprehensive
Racing
- Human-powered Running, swimming,....)
- Human-assisted (Cycling, rowing, canoeing, ...)
- External power source (Motor racing, sailing, powerboating...)
Opponent
- Combat (Judo, karate, boxing...)
- Court (Tennis, badminton, volleyball, squash...)
- Team (Football, Rugby, hockey...)
Achievement
- Target (Archery, golf, shooting ...)
- Display (Gymnastics, bodybuilding, equestrianism, diving...)
- Strength (Weight-lifting, triple jump, shot put ...)
A combination of all categories
- (Athletics) (Human-powered, Team, Strength)
Sportsmanship
It is interesting that the motivation for sport is often an elusive element. For example, beginners in sailing are often told that dinghy racing is a good means to sharpen the learner's sailing skills. However, it often emerges that skills are honed to increase racing performance and achievements in competition, rather than the converse. 'Sportsmanship' expresses an aspiration or ethos that the activity will be enjoyed for its own sake, but often the pressures of competition, individual achievement, or introduction of technology can seem to work against enjoyment by participants.
Regulation of sport
The regulation of each sport is usually done by its own regulatory body resulting in a core of relatively invariant, agreed rules. People responsible for leisure activities often seek recognition and respectability as sports by joining sports federations such as the IOC, or by forming their own regulatory body. In this way sports evolve from leisure activity to more formal sports: relatively recent newcomers are BMX cycling, snowboarding, wrestling, etc. Some of these activities have been popular but uncodified pursuits for different lengths of time. Indeed, the formal regulation of sport is a relatively modern and increasing development.
F1 motor racing is an example of strict and changing regulation, where the regulating body appears to control rather than to simply define the sport. There have been major changes in the rules of F1 recently, almost on an annual basis, and more are planned. Sometimes this is done for safety reasons, sometimes to make the racing more interesting as a spectator sport, and sometimes to promote competition through involvement of smaller teams.Some changes make overtaking more probable for example or reduce the probability of an overwhelming technical advantage by any one team. Although heavily regulated, most people agree that the sport has thereby greatly benefitted, not least through dramatic leaps in safety.
The degree of organisation can vary from national or worldwide competitions for the sport, or it can occur in a purely ad-hoc, spontaneous way. A sport may be played individually (e.g. time trialling in cycling) or in a team, or just for recreation and well being (e.g. swimming).
Some challenging situations have had to be dealt with when there is an overlap of the regulation of the sport with other forms of regulation, e.g. safety (There have been serious losses of life in football audiences, through stand collapses or poor crowd management), or simple laws of the land (Some inadvertent or otherwise physical interchanges occur between participants: when is it acceptable for the sport regulating authority alone to investigate and if necessary punish these?) Can there be economic or public relations pressures affecting these issues?
Professionalism in sport
There have been major problems caused for some sports by either the increase of professionalism, or attempts to resist the spread of professionalism.
Professionalism has increasingly come to the fore through a combination of developments: mass media and increased leisure have brought larger audiences, so that sports organisations or teams can command large incomes. As a result, more sportspeople can afford to make sport their primary career, and sportspeople often attain superstar, celebrity status. This can have the major advantages of increasing the level of proficiency, and boosting the popularity of certain sports. It can also be seen to exclude the part-time or amateur participant, and thus to be a limiting influence on the sport.
Professionalism has another influence through organisations seeing it as an attack on the central ethos of sport, i.e. the ethos of being done for its own sake and for pure enjoyment, rather than as a means to earning a living. Consequently, there has been some reactive resistance to professionalism in some organisations, and some people see this as having impeded the development of the sport. For example, Rugby was seen for many years as a part-time sport engaged in by amateurs, and English cricket is alleged to have suffered in quality because of a non-professional approach.
Sport and politics
There have been many dilemmas for sports where a difficult political context is in place.
When apartheid was the official policy in South Africa, many sportspeople adopted the conscientious approach that they should not appear in competitive sports there. Some feel this was an effective contribution to the eventual demolition of the policy of apartheid, others feel that it may have prolonged and reinforced its worst effects.
The 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin was an illustration, perhaps best recognised in retrospect, where an ideology was developing which used the event to strengthen its spread through propaganda.
In the history of Ireland, Gaelic sports were clearly carried on with nationalistic overtones: for example, last century a person could have been banned from playing professional Gaelic football, hurley, or other sport, if the person was seen to have played Soccer, or other game which was seen to be of British origin.
Nationalism in general is often evident in the pursuit of sport, or in its reporting: people compete in national teams, or commentators and audiences can adopt a partisan view. These trends are seen by some as contrary to the fundamental ethos of sport being carried on for its own sake, for the enjoyment of its participants.
Art and sport
Sport has many affinities with art. Ice skating and Tai chi for example are sports which come close to artistic spectacles in themselves: to watch these activities comes close to the experience of spectating at a ballet. Similarly, there are other activities which have elements of sport and art in their execution, such as performance art, artistic gymnastics, Bodybuilding etcetera.
The fact that art is so close to sport in some situations is probably related to the nature of sport. The definition of "sport" above put forward the idea of an activity pursued not just for the usual purposes, i.e. running not simply to get places, but running for its own sake, running as well as we can.
This is similar to a common view of aesthetic value, which is seen as something over and above the strictly functional value coming from an object's normal use. So an aesthetically pleasing car is one which doesn't just get from A to B, but which impresses us with its grace, poise and charisma.
In the same way, a sporting performance such as jumping doesn't just impress us as being an effective way to avoid obstacles or to get across streams. It impresses us because of the ability, skill and style which is shown.
Art and sport were probably more clearly linked at the time of Ancient Greece, when gymnastics and callesthenics invoked admiration and aesthetic appreciation for the physical build, prowess and 'arete' displayed by participants. The modern term 'art' as skill, is related to this ancient Greek term 'arete'. The closeness of art and sport in these times was revealed by the nature of the Olympic Games which were celebrations of both sporting and artistic achievements, poetry scupture and architecture.
History of sport
The development of sport throughout history can teach us a great deal about social changes, and about the nature of sport itself.
Sport seems to involve basic human skills being developed and exercised for their own sake, in parallel with being exercised for their usefulness. This suggests that sport is probably as old as the existence of people as purposive beings, and that it was a useful way of people increasing their mastery of nature and the environment.
Of course, as we go further back in history the dwindling evidence makes this more difficult to support.
Pre-history
There are many modern discoveries in France, Africa and Australia of cave art (see e.g. Lascaux) from prehistory which provide evidence of ritual ceremonial behaviour. Some of these sources date from over 30 000 years ago, as established by carbon dating.
Stone-age drawings were discovered in the Libyan desert depicting among other acitivities, swimming and archery..[1]
The art itself is an example of interest in skills unrelated to the functional tasks of staying alive, and is itself evidence of there being leisure time available. It depicts other non-functional activities such as ritual etc..
Therefore, although there is scant direct evidence of sport from these sources, it is reasonable to extrapolate that there was some activity at these times resembling sport.
Captain Cook, when he first visited the Hawaian Islands, in 1778, reported on the native people surfing. The native American Indians engaged in games and sports before the coming of Europeans, such as lacrosse type ball games, running, and other athletic activities. The ancient Mayan and Aztec civilisations played serious ballgames. The courts used at that time are still used today.
It is reasonable to assume from these and other historical sources that sport has origins which lie in the beginnings of mankind itself.
Ancient China
There are artifacts and structures which suggest that Chinese people engaged in activities which meet our definition of sport as early as 4 000 years BCE. The origin and development of China's sports activities seem to have been closely related to the production, work, war and entertainment of the time.
Gymnastics appears to have been a popular sport in China's past. It certainly remains so today, as the skill of Chinese acrobats is internationally recognised.
China has a Bejing Museum which is dedicated to the subject of Chinese sport and its history. See Chinese Sports Museum
Ancient Egypt
Monuments to the Phaorohs indicate that a range of sports were well developed and regulated several thousands of years ago, including swimming and fishing. This is not surprising perhaps given the importance of the Nile in the life of Egypt. Other sports included javelin throwing, high jump and wrestling. See the reference to Ancient Egyptian sport.
Again, the nature of the sports popular at the time suggests close correspondence with everday non-sporting activities.
Ancient Greece.
A wide range of sports were already in operation at the time of the Ancient Greek Empire. Wrestling, running, boxing, javelin and discus throwing, and chariot racing were prevalent. This suggests that the military culture of Greece was an influence on the development of its sports.The Olympic games were held every four years in Ancient Greece. The games were held not simply as a sporting event, but as a celebration of individual excellence, cultural and artistic variety, and a showplace for architectural and sculptural innovation.
Fundamentally, it was a time of gratitude and respect for the Gods of the Greek religion. The games are named after Mount Olympus, a sacred place where the Gods were said to live. A time of truce was declared during the Olympic Games, as military actions and public executions were suspended. This was to enable people to congregate peacefully and to compete in a civilised and respectful atmosphere.
European and global developments
Sport has been increasingly organised and regulated from the time of the Ancient Olympics up to the present century. Activities necessary for food and survival became regulated activities done for pleasure or competition on an increasing scale, e.g. hunting, fishing, horticulture. The Industrial Revolution and mass production brought increased leisure which allowed increases in spectator sports, less elitism in sports, and greater accessibility.
These trends continued with the advent of mass media and global communication. Professionalism became prevalent, further adding to the increase in sport's popularity. This perhaps contrasts with the noble Grecian ideal, where victory at the Games was much sought after, and rewarded with an olive branch. (Perhaps not only with an olive branch, some writers record.)
Perhaps in a reaction to the demands of contemporary life, there have been developments in sport which are best described as post-modern: extreme ironing being a notable example. There is also a move towards adventure sports as a form of escapism from the routines of life, examples being white water rafting, canyoning, BASE jumping, and more genteely, orienteering.
Related topics
- List of professional sports leagues
- List of sports
- List of sporting events
- Sport governing bodies
- Olympic Games
- Sporting venues
- Sponsorship
- Sports coaching
- Sports equipment
- Sports injuries
- Sports marketing
- Sports memorabilia
- Spectator sport
- Multi-sport events
- Sports art
- Sport in film
- Sporting club
- Disabled sports
- Female sport.
- Sports history organizations
- Fantasy sports
- Sport Record
- Extreme Sports
External links
simple:SportSource: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Sport."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
COACH | English | Cognitive Adaptive Computer Help | Computing |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: CoachSynonyms: autobus (n), bus (n), carriage (n), charabanc (n), coach-and-four (n), double-decker (n), four-in-hand (n), handler (n), jitney (n), manager (n), motorbus (n), motorcoach (n), omnibus (n), passenger car (n), private instructor (n), tutor (n), train (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Artist | Historical painter, landscape painter, marine painter, flower painter, portrait painter, miniature painter, miniaturist, scene painter, sign painter, coach painter; engraver; Apelles; sculptor, carver, chaser, modeler, figuriste, statuary; Phidias, Praxiteles; Royal Academician. |
Bungler | No conjurer, flat, muff, slow coach, looby, lubber, swab; clod, yokel, awkward squad, blanc-bec; galoot. |
Illegality | Verb: offend against the law; violate the law, infringe the law, break the law; set the law at defiance, ride roughshod over, drive a coach and six through a statute; ignore the law, make the law a dead letter, take the law into one's own hands. |
Inactivity | Idler, drone, droil, dawdle, mopus; do-little faineant, dummy, sleeping partner; afternoon farmer; truant; (runaway) : bummer, loafer, goldbrick, goldbicker, lounger, lazzarone; lubber, lubbard; slow coach; (slow.); opium eater, lotus eater; slug; lag, sluggard, slugabed; slumberer, dormouse, marmot; waiter on Providence, fruges consumere natus. |
Learning | Acquaint oneself with, master; make oneself master of, make oneself acquainted with; grind, cram; get up, coach up; learn by heart, learn by rote. |
Method | Roadway, pathway, stairway; express; thoroughfare; highway; turnpike, freeway, royal road, coach road; broad highway, King's highway, Queen's highway; beaten track, beaten path; horse road, bridle road, bridle track, bridle path; walk, trottoir, footpath, pavement, flags, sidewalk; crossroad, byroad, bypath, byway; cut; short cut; (mid-course); carrefour; private road, occupation road; highways and byways; railroad, railway, tram road, tramway; towpath; causeway; canal; (conduit); street; (abode); speedway. |
Nonobservance | Infringe, transgress, violate, pirate, break, trample under foot, do violence to, drive a coach and six through. |
Receptacle | Coach house; garage; hangar; outhouse; penthouse; lean-to. |
Slowness | Slow goer, slow coach, slow back; lingerer, loiterer, sluggard, tortoise, snail; poke; dawdle; (inactive). |
Teacher | Noun: teacher, trainer, instructor, master, tutor, director, Corypheus, dry nurse, coach, grinder, crammer, don; governor, bear leader; governess, duenna; disciplinarian. |
Teaching | Verb: teach, instruct, educate, edify, school, tutor; cram, prime, coach; enlighten; (inform). |
Unconformity | Verb: be uncomformable; Adjective: abnormalize; leave the beaten track, leave the beaten path; infringe a law, infringe a habit, infringe a usage, infringe a custom, break a law, break a habit, break a usage, break a custom, violate a law, violate a habit, violate a usage, violate a custom; drive a coach and six through; stretch a point; have no business there; baffle all description, beggar all description. |
Vehicle | Post chaise, diligence, stage; stage coach, mail coach, hackney coach, glass coach; stage wagon, car, omnibus, fly, cabriolet, cab, hansom, shofle, four-wheeler, growler, droshki, drosky. |
Equipage, turn-out; coach, chariot, phaeton, break, mail phaeton, wagonette, drag, curricle, tilbury, whisky, landau, barouche, victoria, brougham, clarence, calash, caleche, britzka, araba, kibitka; berlin; sulky, desobligeant, sociable, vis-a-vis, dormeuse; jaunting car, outside car; dandi; doolie, dooly; munchil, palki; roller skates, skate; runabout; ski; tonjon; vettura. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I'm the regimental boxing coach, you know (From Here to Eternity; writing credit: Ernest Tidyman) Girls are what you sleep with after the game, not, not what you coach during the game (A League of Their Own; writing credit: Kim Wilson; Kelly Candaele) But what if Coach Henderson walks in (Election; writing credit: Alexander Payne) I play, coach stays (Hoosiers; writing credit: Angelo Pizzo) I realized whenever Coach wanted to insult you he would call you by a certain junk food he was craving (Oliver Beene; writing credit: Axel Boisen;) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Arizona Stage Coach (1942) College Coach (1933) The Mail Coach (1926) In the Baggage Coach Ahead (1911) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Gillnet samples are processed at Coach Island. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | Black and white photo of people posing on a stage coach in town. Credit: Unknown. |
 | Caption: Edison and Others with Beach Bus Made by the Electric Coach Corp., and Scheduled to Operate to Atlantic City; West Orange, NJ; November 21, 1913; {14.625/18} (jpg). |  | I lose-a my baggage, I shouted loudly. You savvy? baggage heap gone! coach vamoose, get me?. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | The coach was once king of the road -- now it's the Oldsmobile. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Two coach drivers. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Stage coach led by man on horseback, probably in Uruguay. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Three-level railway coach / Wide World photo. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Belmont coach, New York. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Chicago and Alton Railroad day coach. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Coach and Players" by Liz Allen Commentary: "Football." | "Self-made" by Uschi Hering Commentary: "Screw cupboard in the house of an ancient coach builder - made by hand." |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Tangled Tale | Carroll, Lewis | A STEPNEY COACH. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | They had a coach come to the door on the Rue Babylone, and they went away |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | And I still appeal to my servants round, whether they at any time saw a coach at my door without knowing what persons were in it. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The therapist functions simultaneously as teacher and coach, fostering a positive, encouraging relationship with the patient and using that relationship to reinforce positive behavior change. (references) | |
Sports are often such a positive factor in life that it is best for the person to participate, although the person with epilepsy and the coach or other leader should take appropriate safety precautions. (references) | ||
In fact, most of the work is often done at home. The therapist functions as a coach, providing parents and patients with the strategy and drills that can help improve performance at home, at school, and in the world. (references) | ||
Business | Other major customers for the HGV market are the providers of public bus and coach services. (references) | |
There are 60 car hire companies throughout the country, 25 coach charter firms and 460 tour operators. (references) | ||
Surface transportation is provided by car hire companies, bus and coach lines, mini bus taxis and passenger train services. (references) | ||
Travel | Korea | Makes such as Coach, Reebok, LA Gear, Gucci, Polo, Rolex, Disney, Chanel, and Warner Bros., and Members Only, and computer software and games are often counterfeit. (references) |
Australia | Australia has a very extensive and efficient domestic transportation system, including air, rail, coach, sea, chauffeured and rental cars, and urban public transport between cities and country areas. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Dennis Miller | I know one mom who hired a soccer coach because her baby didn't seem to be angling his hips properly while kicking her from inside the womb. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Coach" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 89.62% of the time. "Coach" is used about 2,684 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 89.62% | 2,405 | 3,720 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 6.29% | 169 | 23,972 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 2.83% | 76 | 38,217 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.27% | 34 | 59,261 |
| Total | 100.00% | 2,684 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "coach" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Coach | Last name | 400 | 19,755 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name |
| USA | Monaco Coach Corpn |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "coach": a coach and six ♦ Accommodation coach ♦ baby coach ♦ baseball coach ♦ basketball coach ♦ batting coach ♦ be a slow coach ♦ coach box ♦ coach dog ♦ coach driver ♦ coach for an examination ♦ coach horse ♦ coach house ♦ coach maker ♦ coach party ♦ coach station ♦ coach with couchettes ♦ day coach ♦ drive a coach and six through ♦ football coach ♦ Glass coach ♦ hackney coach ♦ hockey coach ♦ horse coach ♦ labor coach ♦ line coach ♦ Lozenge coach ♦ mail coach ♦ motor coach ♦ night coach ♦ passenger coach ♦ passenger in a coach ♦ pitching coach ♦ post coach ♦ railway coach ♦ saloon coach ♦ slip coach ♦ slow coach ♦ state coach ♦ Tallyho coach ♦ tennis coach ♦ touring coach ♦ trolley coach. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "coach": coach-and-four, coach-bodies, coach-builder, coach-building, coach-built, coach-class ticket, coach-cum-manager-cum-union, coach-driver, coach-horses, coach-house, coach-houses, coach-in, coach-lamps, coach-lantern, coach-lengths, coach-load, coach-loads, coach-maker, Coach-mang, coach-painter, coach-parties, coach-self, coach-shed, coach-tour, coach-traffic, coach-trip, coach-trippers, coach-whip. | |
Ending with "coach": player-coach, stage-coach. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
coach | 6,129 | coach house | 142 |
coach handbag | 1,345 | coach watch | 140 |
life coach | 1,184 | business coach | 121 |
coach bag | 939 | coach replica | 119 |
coach purse | 858 | coach line pacific | 118 |
coach outlet | 617 | career coach | 115 |
coach leather | 445 | monaco coach | 113 |
motor coach | 417 | executive coach | 105 |
coach usa | 323 | coach store | 94 |
coach shoes | 306 | dating coach | 94 |
texas high school coach association | 292 | coach network old | 91 |
coach outlet store | 234 | country coach | 88 |
success coach | 234 | coach factory outlet | 84 |
coach new nwt | 226 | texas association of basketball coach | 84 |
personal coach | 212 | national express coach | 84 |
gift for coach | 205 | coach factory store | 82 |
coach canada | 174 | soccer coach | 77 |
coach wallet | 158 | coach signature | 73 |
boston coach | 153 | coach poem | 73 |
coach bus | 151 | professional coach | 71 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "coach"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | veturë (car, machine, motor, motor car, saloon, saloon car, saloon carriage, tin lizzie, touring-car, waggon, wagon), vagonë treni, transportoj me karrocë, trainer (trainer), stërvit (break in, discipline, drill, educate, exercise, practise, train), regjisor (producer, stage manager), përgatit (compose, concoct, cook up, dispense, dress, fit, fit up, get, get ready, get up, make, make ready, make up, mix up, mobilize, prepare, produce, qualify, stage-manage, train), mësues privat (tutor), mësoj (acquire, attune, be educated, condition, digest, educate, enure, find, find out, get on to, get wind of, hear, illuminate, induct, instruct, inure, learn, school, study, teach, train), karrocë udhëtarësh (diligence, landau, stagecoach), instruktoj (equip, instruct), ekipazh (carriage), autobus (autobus, bus, motorbus, omnibus). (various references) | |
Arabic | مركبة (car, carriage, vehicle, wagon), مدرس خصوصي, مدرب (disciplined, driller, trainer), حافلة (bus, carriage, waggon), سيارة ذات اربعة حصين, سيارة ببابين, علم (adudicate, advertise, advertize, advise, apprise, apprize, banner, bar, bunting, cognizance, cognize, drill, educate, flag, indoctrinate, inform, instruct, know, knowledge, learning, let know, locate, mark, mark out, notify, post, profess, read, scholarship, school, science, standard, teach, tell, tick), عربة قطار (car, saloon), درب (discipline, drill, exercise, groom, path, pathway, school, train). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | репетитор (crammer), туристическа класа в самолет, треньор (handler, trainer), тренирам (drill, educate, exercise, fit, form, practice, practise, train, work out), карета, возя се с дилижанс, междуградски автобус, екипаж (carriage, crew, equipage, rig, turnout), пътнически вагон, подготвям за състезание, инструктор (instructor, trainer), дилижанс (diligence, mail coach, post-coach, stagecoach). (various references) | |
Chinese | 教練 , 教练 (Coached, Coaching), 客車 . (various references) | |
Czech | trenér (selector, trainer), trénovat (practise, train), soukromý uèitel (tutor), pracovat jako trenér, osobní vùz, osobní železnièní vùz, koèár (carriage, shay), dostavník (omnibus, stagecoach, stage-coach), dávat hodiny, dálkový autobus, autokar (char-a-banc). (various references) | |
Danish | waggon (carriage, railway carriage, waggon), vogn (carriage, railway carriage, waggon). (various references) | |
Dutch | opvoeden (breed, bring up, educate, raise, tutor), koets (carriage). (various references) | |
Esperanto | vagono (carriage, railway carriage, waggon). (various references) | |
Estonian | kupee. (various references) | |
Faeroese | venja (breed, bring up, educate, exercise, practise, raise, tame, train), jarnbreytarvognur (carriage, railway carriage, waggon), ala upp (breed, bring up, educate, raise, tutor), íðka (exercise, practise, train). (various references) | |
Farsi | معلمی کردن , مربی ورزش , کالسکه (Carriage), واگن راه اهن , رهبری عملیات ورزشی راکردن . (various references) | |
Finnish | vaunu (car, carriage, goods waggon, railway carriage, truck, waggon). (various references) | |
French | wagon, voiture, entraîneur, entraîner, autocar (motor coach). (various references) | |
Frisian | spoarwein (carriage, railway carriage, waggon). (various references) | |
German | Kutsche (buckboard, carriage, jalopy, waggon, wagon), Reisebus, Wagen (baby carriage, bus, car, caravan, carriage, cars, cart, dare, dared, durst, hazard, machine, pram, railway carriage, risk, to risk, to take a chance, trolley, trollies, trolly, Van, vehicle, vehicular, venture, waggon, wagon, wain), Trainer (manager, track suit, trainer, trainers), trainieren (exercise, practice, to exercise, to practise, to train, train, train up, work out). (various references) | |
Greek | πούλμαν (pullman), άμαξα (cab, car, carriage, the carriage, vehicle). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מורה פרטי (tutor), מאמן (driller, instructor, trainer), מאלף (handler, instructive, tamer, trainer, useful), מחנך (educator, housemaster, teacher), מרכבה (cab, carriage, chariot, fiacre), לחנוך (bring up, consecrate, dedicate, educate, inaugurate, teach, train, tutor), קרון נוסעים (passenger carriage), עגלה (carriage, cart, trolley, tumbril, waggon, wagon), אוטובוס (bus, motor bus, omnibus), חונך (trainer, tutor). (various references) | |
Hungarian | autóbusz (autobus, bus, motorbus, motor-bus, omnibus), vagon (car, carriage, railway carriage), távolsági busz (bus), kocsi (auto, automobile, car, carriage, cart, dolly, motor car, rig, sulky, waggon, wagon), edző (quencher, trainer). (various references) | |
Icelandic | vagn (carriage, railway carriage, waggon), farrými. (various references) | |
Indonesian | pembina (builder, elder, highest, maker), pelatih, mengajar (give, instruct, teach, train), mencoaching (give pointer), kereta (car, carriage, cart). (various references) | |
Irish | cóiste. (various references) | |
Italian | vettura (automobile, car, carriage, railway, railway carriage, waggon), vagone (car, carriage, railway, railway carriage, truck, waggon, wagon), torpedone (motor coach), carrozza (cab, carriage, chaise, dining car, fiacre). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 馬車 , 馬車 , 家庭教師 (tutor), ゲリラ兵 (calking, caulking, caution, coach's box, coaster, coat, coating, coda, coding, coding system, cogeneration, cogeneration system, Coke, Coke highball, coordinate, coordination, coordinator, corduroy, corkscrew, corselet, cortisone, course, course of study, course record, courseware, gel, gene, Gentzen, germane, germanium, guerrilla, lane marks, money, money pinch, ski slope, tennis court). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ばしゃ, かていきょうし (tutor), コーチ . (various references) | |
Korean | 차 (Car, tea). (various references) | |
Manx | ynseyder (educator, instructor, pedagogue, teacher, trainer, tutor), ynsaghey er lheh, waggyn, greinnaghey (abet, activate, activation, coaching, encourage, encouragement, goad, incite, induce, inducement, prompt, stimulate), fainagh (carriage, chariot, ringlike, whorled), couch (stagecoach), carbyd (bier, bus, cabin, hearse, stretcher, vehicle), baroose. (various references) | |
Norwegian | vogn (carriage, railway carriage, waggon, wagon). (various references) | |
Papiamen | tren (train), trein (train). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | oachcay.(various references) | |
Polish | wagon (carriage, railway carriage, waggon). (various references) | |
Portuguese | carruagem (barouche, berlin, car, diligence, equipage, railway carriage, vehicle, waggon), vagão (caboose, car, carriage, railway carriage, waggon, wagon), treinar (exercise, form, manage, nurture, practice, practise, rehearse, school, train), coche (state-coach), ônibus (autobus, bus, limited, motor bus, omnibus). (various references) | |
Romanian | antrena (drill, engage, entail, fit, induct, inveigle, involve, pace, rally, stimulate, train). (various references) | |
Russian | репетитор (crammer, tutor), тренер (handler, trainer), тренировать тренер;экипаж;вагон, карета, вагон (car, carriage, train car), заниматься с репетитором, ехать в карете, автобус (autobus, bus, motor bus, motorbus, omnibus), почтовая карета (chaise, mail cart, mail coach, post chaise, post-chaise, post-coach, stagecoach, stage-coach), перевозить в карете, инструктор (instructor). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | kočije (carriage). (various references) | |
Somali | caadi. (various references) | |
Spanish | coche (auto, automobile, cab, cabriolet, car, carriage, machine, motor, motor car, motorcar, railway carriage, saloon, waggon), autocar, carroza (float). (various references) | |
Swahili | kochi (couch, divan, sofa). (various references) | |
Swedish | vagn (car, carriage, carryall, cart, trolley, waggon, wagon), tränare (trainer). (various references) | |
Tagalog | coach. (various references) | |
Thai | ทำหน้าที่เป็นครูฝึก, ฝึกกีฬาให้, ตู้โดยสารในขบวนรถไฟ, รถยนต์ขนาดเล็กราคาถูก, รถม้าสี่ล้อขนาดใหญ่, ครูพิเศษ, ครูฝึกกีฬา. (various references) | |
Turkish | fayton (barouche, phaeton, spider), özel ders vermek (tutor), özel hoca (governess, tutor, tutoress), özel hocalık yapmak, antrenör (bottle-holder, handler, skip, skipper, trainer), antrenman yaptırmak, araba ile gezmek (auto), at arabası (cart, Clarence, fiacre, hack, tumbrel), çalıştırıcı (actuator, trainer), ekonomi klas, yolcu vagonu (day coach, passenger car), hazırlamak (arrange, concoct, engross, equip, formulate, groom, knock up, lay, lay out, make ready, prepare, set, set by, stage, work up), limuzin (limousine, saloon car), otobüs (autobus, bus, motorbus, omnibus), posta arabası (mail cart, mailcoach, stagecoach), pulman (pullman), ucuz tarifeli bölme, yetiştirmek (breed, bring up, cradle, cultivate, discipline, educate, farm, groom, grow, nurture, produce, raise, rear, rush, school, train, turn out), eğitmek (condition, educate, handle, school, teach, train). (various references) | |
Turkmen | trener (r) (trainer). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | репетирувати (rehearse), репетитор (cram, crammer, tutor), тренувати (drill, educate, practise), тренер (driller, practiser, trainer), карета (carriage), автобус (autobus, bus, omnibus). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | chỗ ngồi của người đánh xe ngựa (coach-box), xe bốn ngựa (coach-and-four, four-in-hand), nhà để xe ngựa (coach-house). (various references) | |
Welsh | cerbyd (car, chariot). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "coach": coachable, coached, coacher, coachers, coaches, coaching, coachman, coachmen, coachwork, coachworks. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "coach": aircoach, outcoach, overcoach, stagecoach. (additional references) | |
Words containing "coach": aircoaches, outcoached, outcoaches, outcoaching, overcoached, overcoaches, overcoaching, stagecoaches. (additional references) | |
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"Coach" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: boach, Boalch, Caac, cacah, cach, cafh, calach, ccacc, ccoach, ceak, chach, ciash, ciechi, Cioch, clooch, coaca, coache, coachs, coak, Coath, cocan, coch, cochy, Coeck, Coface, cooch, cooche, cootch, corch, Cotac, cotch, couchi, couchy, crach, croach, cutach, Ecowash, Koech, kooch, Noach, Shiach, Yoash. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "coach" (pronounced kō"kh) |
| 2 | -ō" kh | approach, broach, brooch, caroche, encroach, poach, reproach, roach. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-h-o" | |
-1 letter: chao, coca. | |
-2 letters: hao, oca. | |
-3 letters: ah, ha, ho, oh. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-c-h-o" | |
+1 letter: cachou, caroch, concha. | |
+2 letters: cachous, capouch, caroach, caroche, carroch, chaotic, chicano, coached, coacher, coaches, cochair, cochlea, conchae, conchal, haycock, pachuco, picacho. | |
+3 letters: achromic, aircoach, anechoic, caboched, cabochon, cachalot, cachepot, caroches, cartouch, catechol, cathodic, catholic, chaconne, charcoal, charlock, chechako, chicanos, choragic, chubasco, cinchona, clochard, coachers, coaching, coachman, coachmen, coanchor, cochairs, cochleae, cochlear, cochleas, coronach, couchant, encroach, haycocks, muchacho, octarchy, outcatch, outcoach, pachucos, picachos, thoracic, trochaic. | |
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