taught
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verb (used with object)
1.
to impart knowledge of or skill in; give instruction in: She teaches mathematics. Synonyms: coach.
2.
to impart knowledge or skill to; give instruction to: He teaches a large class. Synonyms: inform, enlighten, discipline, drill, school, indoctrinate; coach.
verb (used without object)
3.
to impart knowledge or skill; give instruction. Synonyms: inform, enlighten, discipline, drill, school, indoctrinate; coach.
noun
4.
Informal. teacher.
Related forms
o·ver·teach, verb, o·ver·taught, o·ver·teach·ing.
pre·teach, verb, pre·taught, pre·teach·ing.
re·teach, verb, re·taught, re·teach·ing.
un·der·teach, verb, un·der·taught, un·der·teach·ing.
Synonym Study
Teach, instruct, tutor, train, educate share the meaning of imparting information, understanding, or skill. Teach is the broadest and most general of these terms and can refer to almost any practice that causes others to develop skill or knowledge: to teach children to write; to teach marksmanship to soldiers; to teach tricks to a dog. Instruct almost always implies a systematic, structured method of teaching: to instruct paramedics in techniques of cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Tutor refers to the giving of usually private instruction or coaching in a particular subject or skill: to tutor a child in (a foreign language, algebra, history, or the like). Train lays stress on the development of desired behaviors through practice, discipline, or the use of rewards or punishments: to train a child to be polite; to train recruits in military skills; to train a dog to heel. Educate, with a root sense of “to lead forth from,” refers to the imparting of a specific body of knowledge, especially one that equips a person to practice a profession: to educate a person for a high-school diploma; to educate someone for the law.
Teach, instruct, tutor, train, educate share the meaning of imparting information, understanding, or skill. Teach is the broadest and most general of these terms and can refer to almost any practice that causes others to develop skill or knowledge: to teach children to write; to teach marksmanship to soldiers; to teach tricks to a dog. Instruct almost always implies a systematic, structured method of teaching: to instruct paramedics in techniques of cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Tutor refers to the giving of usually private instruction or coaching in a particular subject or skill: to tutor a child in (a foreign language, algebra, history, or the like). Train lays stress on the development of desired behaviors through practice, discipline, or the use of rewards or punishments: to train a child to be polite; to train recruits in military skills; to train a dog to heel. Educate, with a root sense of “to lead forth from,” refers to the imparting of a specific body of knowledge, especially one that equips a person to practice a profession: to educate a person for a high-school diploma; to educate someone for the law.
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teach (tiːtʃ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb (often foll by how) , teaches, teaching, taught | |
| 1. | to help to learn; tell or show (how): to teach someone to paint; to teach someone how to paint |
| 2. | to give instruction or lessons in (a subject) to (a person or animal): to teach French; to teach children; she teaches |
| 3. | (tr; may take a clause as object or an infinitive) to cause to learn or understand: experience taught him that he could not be a journalist |
| 4. | informal Also: teach someone a lesson to cause (someone) to suffer the unpleasant consequences of some action or behaviour |
| [Old English tǣcan; related to tācen | |
| 'teachable | |
| —adj | |
| Teach (tiːtʃ) | |
| —n | |
| Edward, known as Blackbeard. died 1718, English pirate, active in the West Indies and on the Atlantic coast of North America | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
teach
O.E. tæcan (past tense and pp. tæhte) "to show, point out," also "to give instruction," from P.Gmc. *taikijanan (cf. O.H.G. zihan, Ger. zeihen "to accuse," Goth. ga-teihan "to announce"), from PIE *deik- "to show, point out" (see diction). Related to O.E. tacen,
tacn "sign, mark" (see token). O.E. tæcan had more usually a sense of "show, declare, warn, persuade" (cf. Ger. zeigen "to show," from the same root); while the O.E. word for "to teach, instruct, guide" was more commonly læran, source of modern learn and lore.
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Example sentences
When she turned eight, she started on the piano, which taught discipline and developed the cerebrum.
The kennel housed many old dogs, some that wouldn't hunt and others that couldn't be taught new tricks.
The physicians have simply been taught to look at nurses as inferior.
Under the stress, the doctor was forgetting everything he had been taught about patient confidentiality.
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