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Definition: Mentor |
MentorNoun1. A wise and trusted guide and advisor. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "mentor" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1781. (references) |
Etymology: Mentor \Men"tor\, noun. [From Mentor, the counselor of Telemachus, Greek, prop., counselor. Compare to Monitor.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | MENTOR CAI language. "Computer Systems for Teaching Complex Concepts", Report 1742, BBN, Mar 1969. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Literature | Mentor A guide, a wise and faithful counsellor; so called from Mentor, a friend of Ulysses, whose form Minerva assumed when she accompanied Telemachos in his search for his father. (Fénelon: Télémaque.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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In Greek mythology, Mentor was the son of Alcumus and, in his old age, a friend of Odysseus. When Odysseus left for the Trojan War, he placed Mentor in charge of his son, Telemachus and his palace. When Athena visited Telemachus, she took the disguise of Mentor to hide herself from Telemachus' mother's suitors.Odyssey II, 255; 267.
This is the source of the modern use of the word mentor: a trusted friend, counselor or teacher. Some professions have "mentoring programs" in which newcomers are paired with more experienced people in order to obtain good examples and advice as they advance.
Several places in the United States of America have been named Mentor:
- Mentor, Minnesota
- Mentor, Ohio
- Mentor Township, Michigan
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Mentor is a city located in Campbell County, Kentucky. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 181.Geography
Mentor is located at 38°53'27" North, 84°14'44" West (38.890716, -84.245637)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.5 km² (0.6 mi²). 1.4 km² (0.5 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 7.02% water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 181 people, 70 households, and 56 families residing in the city. The population density is 129.4/km² (337.7/mi²). There are 73 housing units at an average density of 52.2/km² (136.2/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 100.00% White, 0.00% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.00% from two or more races. 0.00% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 70 households out of which 35.7% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.6% are married couples living together, 7.1% have a female householder with no husband present, and 20.0% are non-families. 17.1% of all households are made up of individuals and 4.3% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.59 and the average family size is 2.84. In the city the population is spread out with 21.5% under the age of 18, 9.9% from 18 to 24, 30.4% from 25 to 44, 24.3% from 45 to 64, and 13.8% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 39 years. For every 100 females there are 108.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 100.0 males. The median income for a household in the city is $56,875, and the median income for a family is $55,938. Males have a median income of $44,000 versus $27,813 for females. The per capita income for the city is $24,245. 1.8% of the population and 3.8% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 0.0% are under the age of 18 and 9.1% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Mentor, Kentucky."
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Mentor is a city located in Polk County, Minnesota. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 150.Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.9 km² (1.9 mi²). 4.9 km² (1.9 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 150 people, 82 households, and 45 families residing in the city. The population density is 30.6/km² (79.3/mi²). There are 102 housing units at an average density of 20.8/km² (53.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 100.00% White, 0.00% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.00% from two or more races. 0.00% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 82 households out of which 17.1% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.7% are married couples living together, 6.1% have a female householder with no husband present, and 45.1% are non-families. 41.5% of all households are made up of individuals and 26.8% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 1.83 and the average family size is 2.44. In the city the population is spread out with 14.0% under the age of 18, 4.7% from 18 to 24, 24.0% from 25 to 44, 30.7% from 45 to 64, and 26.7% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 49 years. For every 100 females there are 105.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 104.8 males. The median income for a household in the city is $21,705, and the median income for a family is $27,917. Males have a median income of $24,688 versus $16,250 for females. The per capita income for the city is $12,972. 13.5% of the population and 3.6% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 0.0% are under the age of 18 and 29.4% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Mentor, Minnesota."
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Mentor is a city located in Lake County, Ohio. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 50,278.Geography
Mentor is located at 41°41'28" North, 81°20'31" West (41.691245, -81.341955)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 72.7 km² (28.1 mi²). 69.3 km² (26.8 mi²) of it is land and 3.4 km² (1.3 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 4.67% water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 50,278 people, 18,797 households, and 14,229 families residing in the city. The population density is 725.2/km² (1,878.2/mi²). There are 19,301 housing units at an average density of 278.4/km² (721.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 97.30% White, 0.64% African American, 0.05% Native American, 1.19% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.18% from other races, and 0.61% from two or more races. 0.72% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 18,797 households out of which 35.8% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.6% are married couples living together, 8.9% have a female householder with no husband present, and 24.3% are non-families. 20.5% of all households are made up of individuals and 8.1% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.65 and the average family size is 3.08. In the city the population is spread out with 25.9% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 29.0% from 25 to 44, 26.3% from 45 to 64, and 12.3% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 39 years. For every 100 females there are 94.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 91.5 males. The median income for a household in the city is $57,230, and the median income for a family is $65,322. Males have a median income of $44,021 versus $31,025 for females. The per capita income for the city is $24,592. 2.7% of the population and 1.8% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 2.8% are under the age of 18 and 4.4% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Mentor, Ohio."
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Mentor is a town located in Clark County, Wisconsin. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 570.Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 92.8 km² (35.8 mi²). 92.5 km² (35.7 mi²) of it is land and 0.3 km² (0.1 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.31% water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 570 people, 223 households, and 165 families residing in the town. The population density is 6.2/km² (16.0/mi²). There are 286 housing units at an average density of 3.1/km² (8.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 98.42% White, 0.18% African American, 1.05% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.35% from two or more races. 0.70% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 223 households out of which 30.5% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.9% are married couples living together, 6.7% have a female householder with no husband present, and 26.0% are non-families. 22.4% of all households are made up of individuals and 7.6% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.56 and the average family size is 2.98. In the town the population is spread out with 26.3% under the age of 18, 7.9% from 18 to 24, 27.2% from 25 to 44, 24.4% from 45 to 64, and 14.2% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 39 years. For every 100 females there are 105.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 106.9 males. The median income for a household in the town is $36,125, and the median income for a family is $42,500. Males have a median income of $26,836 versus $19,318 for females. The per capita income for the town is $16,661. 10.8% of the population and 7.0% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 18.1% are under the age of 18 and 0.0% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Mentor, Wisconsin."
Synonym: MentorSynonym: wise man (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Advice | Adviser, prompter; counsel, counselor; monitor, mentor, Nestor, magnus Apollo, senator; teacher. |
Teacher | Expositor; preceptor, guide; guru; mentor; (adviser); pioneer, apostle, missionary, propagandist, munshi, example; (model for imitation). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Mentor |
| English words defined with "mentor": sage. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "mentor": Electronic Design Automation ♦ M$. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "mentor": Mentorial. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Mentor" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Dutch (counsellor), French (mentor), German (mentor, tutor), Hungarian (mentor), Portuguese (guide, leader, mastermind, mentor, nurse, oracle, pilot, preceptor, rudder), Romanian (mentor), Serbo-Croatian (mentor), Spanish (mentor), Swedish (advisor, mentor). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I'm sorry, but I can't be with someone whose mentor is a Costanza (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt) My mentor. My friend (Shadow Raiders; writing credit: Christy Marx; Katherine Lawrence) Do you know what a mentor is (American Gothic; writing credit: Mariana Reyes; Doris Seguí) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Beech T-34C Turbo Mentor. Credit: NASA. |  | Robert Fauntleroy Mentor of George Davidson, father of his future wife Died of cholera on Texas coast in 1848. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Post office and telegraphic office of James A. Garfield, at Mentor, Ohio. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Victoria Principal | We didn't have anyone to mentor us about how to compete effectively. And that's what were doing now is teaching young women how to compete effectively. |
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| "Mentor" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.37% of the time. "Mentor" is used about 245 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) | 98.37% | 241 | 19,264 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.22% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (common) | 0.41% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 245 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| USA | Mentor Corp. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Mentor, KS 2. Mentor, KY (city, FIPS 51564) 3. Mentor, MN (city, FIPS 41714) 4. Mentor, OH (city, FIPS 49056) |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "mentor": mentor-girls, Mentor-on-the-Lake. | |
Ending with "mentor": friend-cum-mentor. | |
| 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 |
mentor oh | 842 | mentor public school | 19 |
mentor | 761 | mentor mitsubishi | 18 |
mentor ohio | 133 | mentor poem | 18 |
mentor graphic | 102 | chess mentor | 17 |
mentor in motion | 64 | mentor headland | 17 |
mentor high school | 55 | ing mentor money | 17 |
mentor program | 54 | mentor viewer | 15 |
csu mentor | 46 | honda of mentor | 15 |
mentor network | 32 | mentor graphic viewer | 15 |
library mentor public | 31 | mentor corp | 15 |
harvard manage mentor | 28 | mentor city | 15 |
kurtishi mentor | 28 | mentor star war | 13 |
mentor breast implant | 27 | mentor catheter | 13 |
mentor implant | 26 | mentor 4 | 13 |
mentor corporation | 24 | 34 mentor t | 13 |
business mentor | 24 | knowledge mentor transfer | 12 |
mentor college | 21 | city of mentor ohio | 12 |
training mentor | 20 | lake mentor | 12 |
mentor teacher | 19 | mentor quote | 12 |
mentor school | 19 | youth mentor | 11 |
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| Language | Translations for "mentor"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | udhëheqës (chief, chieftain, conductor, directive, director, directory, fugleman, guide, headman, heuristic, instructor, leader, manager, managing, organizer, supervisor), këshilltar (adviser, councillor, counsellor, counselor, monitor), drejtues (administrator, conductor, foremost, front-bencher, governing, head, leader, leading, managerial, managing, pilot, supervisor). (various references) | |
Arabic | مستشار (adviser, chancellor, consultant, council, councillor, counselor), معلم خاص (bear leader, tutor), مخلص (adherent, candid, constant, devoted, devout, earnest, faithful, heartfelt, hearty, honest, loyal, open-hearted, sincere, staunch, steadfast, true, true-hearted, truthful, whole-hearted), الناصح (adviser, advisor, uncle). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | възпитател (counselor, educator, tutor), наставник (monitor, preceptor), ментор. (various references) | |
Chinese | 辅导者. (various references) | |
Czech | moudrý rádce, uèitel (dominie, master, preceptor, schoolmaster, schoolteacher, teacher). (various references) | |
Danish | køreledningsobservationsvogn (Mentor coach, overhead-line observation coach). (various references) | |
Dutch | mentorpollen (mentor pollen), bovenleidinginspectierijtuig (Mentor coach, overhead-line observation coach). (various references) | |
Farsi | مرشد (Master, Preceptor), مربی (Corrector, Preceptor, Teacher), ناصح . (various references) | |
French | mentor. (various references) | |
German | Mentor (tutor). (various references) | |
Greek | σοφόσ σύμβουλοσ, μέντωρ, μέντορασ. (various references) | |
Hebrew | יועץ אמן. (various references) | |
Hungarian | tanácsadó (adviser, advisor, advisory, advisory board, aide, consultant, consultative, consulting, counselor), mentor. (various references) | |
Indonesian | penasehat (adviser, counsellor). (various references) | |
Italian | mentore, guida (conductor, courier, direction, directory, drive, driving, guidance, guide, guidebook, guided tour, handbook, headman, headmen, lead, leader, leadership, manager, runner, scoutmaster), consigliere (advice, adviser, consultant, council, councillor, councilor, counsellor, counselor, monitor). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 師 (master, one's mentor, teacher, the Reverend). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | し (arbitrariness, below, calling card, city, civil service, death, decease, document, extravagance, four, luxury, magazine, master, next, official, offspring, one's mentor, order, poem, pride, recollect, records, relish, remember, selfishness, sequence, show a liking for, teacher, the Reverend, times, verse of poetry). (various references) | |
Korean | 지도자 (Director, guru, leader, leaders). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | entormay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | mentor (guide, leader, mastermind, nurse, oracle, pilot, preceptor, rudder), preceptor (instructor, master, preceptor, teacher, tutor), conselheiro (adviser, councillor, counsellor, counselor). (various references) | |
Romanian | mentor, dascãl (Cantor, instructor, pedant, psalm reader, scholar, schoolmaster, teacher), antrenor (coach, pacer, trainer). (various references) | |
Russian | наставник (homeroom teacher, monitor, preceptor, schoolmaster), ментор. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | mentor. (various references) | |
Spanish | mentor. (various references) | |
Swedish | rådgivare (adviser, advisor, counsellor), mentor (advisor), handledare (director, guide, instructor, supervisor, tutor). (various references) | |
Turkish | danışman (adviser, advisor, consultant, consulting, counsel, counsellor, counselor, guidance conselor, guide, supervisor), akıl hocası (adviser, master). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | наставник (preceptor, schoolmaster), ментор. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | mento, người thầy thông thái. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "mentor": mentored, mentoring, mentors, mentorship, mentorships. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "mentor": augmentor, fermentor, implementor, tormentor. (additional references) | |
Words containing "mentor": augmentors, fermentors, implementors, tormentors. (additional references) | |
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"Mentor" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: amento, Amintor, Amintore, dentory, entro, Lentor, mantir, Mantiri, martor, meator, memto, memtor, mendo, menior, menitor, Menjou, Menor, mentat, mente, mentee, mentem, Menteri, menthor, menti, mento, mentore, Mentorn, mentos, Mentouri, mentr, mentron, mentum, methor, metour, midtour, Mintoe, mitor, Montfoort, monto, Montxo, munton, Nantmor, Nensorb, Nenthorn, Nentori, rentor, sentor. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "mentor" (pronounced me"ntô'r or me"nter) |
| 5 | -e" n t ô' r | centaur. |
| 3 | -t ô' r | bookstore, drugstore, superstore. |
| 4 | -e" n t er | enter, center, centre, dissenter, inventor, renter, Stentor, Venter. |
| 3 | -n t er | enchanter, encounter, banter, blunter, canter, Cantor, carpenter, counter, covenanter, discounter, epicenter, experimenter, fainter, grantor, headhunter, Hunter, Midwinter, Minter, multicenter, overwinter, painter, planter, pointer, presenter, printer, punter, reenter, saunter, splinter, sprinter, Supercenter, tormentor, winter. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-m-n-o-r-t" | |
-1 letter: enorm, metro, monte, noter, tenor, toner, trone. | |
-2 letters: meno, more, morn, mort, mote, nome, norm, note, omen, omer, rent, rote, term, tern, tome, tone, tore, torn. | |
-3 letters: eon, ern, men, met, mon, mor, mot, net, nom, nor, not, one, ore, ort, rem, ret, roe, rom, rot, ten, toe, tom, ton, tor. | |
-4 letters: em, en. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-m-n-o-r-t" | |
+1 letter: mentors, monster, montero, mordent, mounter, remount, tonearm, torment. | |
+2 letters: anteroom, dormient, emanator, enormity, entoderm, fomenter, fromenty, intercom, mentored, mesotron, monetary, monstera, monsters, monteros, mordents, motioner, motormen, mounters, nonmetro, onstream, ornament, orpiment, remotion, remounts, routeman, routemen, thermion, timeworn, tonearms, torments, trombone. | |
+3 letters: adornment, anterooms, augmentor, brimstone, brominate, contemner, contemnor, cremation, dentiform, emanators, endotherm, enrolment, entoderms, fermentor, fomenters, heteronym, horsemint, importune, innermost, intercoms, intermont, magnetron, manometer, manometry, manticore, marlstone, mellotron, mentioner, mentoring, mesotrons, mestranol, metronome, microtone, misorient, modernest, modernist, modernity, moistener, momentary, monastery, moneywort, monitored, monoester, monometer, monotreme, monsteras, mordanted, morganite, mothering, motioners, mucronate, nanometer, neuromata, nonmarket, nonmetric, normative, numerator, ornaments, orpiments, outnumber, oysterman, oystermen, patrolmen, prominent, protamine, protonema, remoisten, remotions, remounted, rousement, sportsmen, sternmost, strongmen, thermions, tonometer, tonometry, tormented, tormenter, tormentil, tormentor, treponema, treponeme, trombones, undermost, worriment. | |
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