Teach definition
To condition to a certain action or frame of mind.
Teaching youngsters to be self-reliant.
verb
To impart knowledge or skill to.
Teaches children.
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To cause to learn by example or experience.
An accident that taught me a valuable lesson.
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To give instruction, especially as an occupation.
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To give lessons in (a subject) to someone; help someone to develop (a skill or trait)
Teaches French, taught him self-discipline.
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To give lessons or instruction; be a teacher, esp. in a school or college.
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To show or help (a person) to learn (how) to do something.
To teach a child (how) to swim.
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To give lessons to (a student, pupil, or class); guide the studies of; instruct.
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To provide knowledge of; instruct in.
Teaches French.
verb
To teach is to share knowledge of a subject with a student or students.
An example of to teach is to explain how to properly mail a letter.
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To carry on instruction on a regular basis in.
Taught high school for many years.
verb
A teacher.
noun
To give instruction at or in (a place)
To teach school.
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To provide (a person) with knowledge, insight, etc.
The accident that taught her to be careful.
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To attempt to cause someone to understand or accept (a precept or philosophy), esp. by one's own example or preaching.
Her life itself teaches nonviolence.
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To advocate or preach.
Teaches racial and religious tolerance.
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Origin of teach
- Middle English techen from Old English tǣcan deik- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle English techen, from Old English tǣċan (“to show, declare, demonstrate; teach, instruct, train; assign, prescribe, direct; warn; persuade"), from Proto-Germanic *taikijanÄ… (“to show"), from Proto-Indo-European *deyǵe-, *deyḱe- (“to show, point out, declare, tell"). Cognate with Scots tech, teich (“to teach"), German zeigen (“to show, point out"), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌿 (gateihan, “to announce, declare, tell"), Latin dÄ«cō (“speak, say, tell"), Ancient Greek δείκνυμι (deíknumi, “show, point out, explain, teach"). More at token.
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