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mentor
CEFRB1
/ˈmɛn.tɔː/
noun · verb
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In plain English
- 01
noun
An experienced person who advises and guides someone less experienced.
- 02
verb
To advise and guide someone less experienced.
Examples
She was a friend and mentor to many young actors.
To be always ready for war, said Mentor, is the surest way to avoid it.
At a glance
Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 2
- Citations
- 4
Also pronounced
- /ˈmen.toː/
- /ˈmɛn.toə/
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningsOdysseus's trusted counselor. He was assigned the responsibility of raising Odysseus's son Telemachus while Odysseus was away fighting in Troy.
To act as someone's mentor.
A wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
More examples
In contextYou have been a great mentor to me.
I thought he was supposed to be my mentor. But, in actuality, what did I know about the often beguiling world of adults?
Many mentors claim that they would work with the vocationers for free because of the sense of satisfaction the interaction provides.
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Origin
noun
From French mentor, from Ancient Greek Μέντωρ (Méntōr, “Mentor”), a mythological character in the Odyssey, whose name, a historical name from Ancient Greece, shares the same root as English mind. Cognate to Sanskrit मन्तृ (mantṛ, “advisor, counselor”) and Latin monitor (“one who admonishes”), and perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *monéyeti (compare Latin moneō (“to warn”), causative form of *men- (“to think”).