Tutelage meaning in English

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Definition

under the tutelage (of someone): under the instruction, care, guardianship (of someone) idiom

Examples

  • "Brian : It would really mean a lot to me, learning under your tutelage, Philip."
Exercise 1
Fill in the blanks below using words from the conversation you just heard:

Surgeon: A *surgeon must go through intensive medical for many years - in medical school, and then as an assistant - before he is allowed to cut people open.

Student: I know, that's why I have come to you. You are the greatest surgeon in the world. I'm sure that under your , I could become a great master of surgery. But you will always be Number 1, of course.

* A surgeon is a specialized doctor who performs operations. A surgeon uses scalpels and knives to cut people open.

Fill in the blanks below using words from the conversation you just heard:

Surgeon: A *surgeon must go through intensive medical training 1 for many years - in medical school, and then as an assistant - before he is allowed to cut people open.

Student: I know, that's why I have come to you. You are the greatest surgeon in the world. I'm sure that under your tutelage 2, I could become a great master of surgery. But you will always be Number 1, of course.

* A surgeon is a specialized doctor who performs operations. A surgeon uses scalpels and knives to cut people open.
1 training: "Training" is the correct choice. "Training" is an educational or instructional process or period. In most professions, including medicine, people must be trained before they are allowed to practice or exercise. In this conversation, Bruno Delavigne asks Philip Cheeter to "train" or "instruct" Brian Jones in sales.
2 tutelage: This is the correct choice. To be "under (a teacher's) tutelage" is to learn under a teacher's guidance, or to be mentored by them (who can for example be called a "tutor", a "mentor", or just a "teacher"). The expression describes being tutored, mentored or guided by another (who generally has experience or knowledge). For example: At school, I learned physics under the tutelage of Stephen Hawking.
Exercise 2
Fill in the blanks below using words from the conversation you just heard:

Surgeon: A *surgeon must go through intensive medical for many years - in medical school, and then as an assistant - before he is allowed to cut people open.

Student: I know, that's why I have come to you. You are the greatest surgeon in the world. I'm sure that under your , I could become a great master of surgery. But you will always be Number 1, of course.

* A surgeon is a specialized doctor who performs operations. A surgeon uses scalpels and knives to cut people open.

Fill in the blanks below using words from the conversation you just heard:

Surgeon: A *surgeon must go through intensive medical training 1 for many years - in medical school, and then as an assistant - before he is allowed to cut people open.

Student: I know, that's why I have come to you. You are the greatest surgeon in the world. I'm sure that under your tutelage 2, I could become a great master of surgery. But you will always be Number 1, of course.

* A surgeon is a specialized doctor who performs operations. A surgeon uses scalpels and knives to cut people open.
1 training: "Training" is the correct choice. "Training" is an educational or instructional process or period. In most professions, including medicine, people must be trained before they are allowed to practice or exercise. In this conversation, Bruno Delavigne asks Philip Cheeter to "train" or "instruct" Brian Jones in sales.
2 tutelage: This is the correct choice. To be "under (a teacher's) tutelage" is to learn under a teacher's guidance, or to be mentored by them (who can for example be called a "tutor", a "mentor", or just a "teacher"). The expression describes being tutored, mentored or guided by another (who generally has experience or knowledge). For example: At school, I learned physics under the tutelage of Stephen Hawking.

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