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teach

[teech]

verb, taught, teach⋅ing, noun

–verb (used with object)

1.	to impart knowledge of or skill in; give instruction in: She teaches mathematics.

2.	to impart knowledge or skill to; give instruction to: He teaches a large class.

–verb (used without object)

3.	to impart knowledge or skill; give instruction.

–noun

4.	Informal. teacher.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME techen, OE tǣcan; akin to token

Synonyms:
1–3. coach. 2, 3. inform, enlighten, discipline, drill, school, indoctrinate. 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, esp. 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

[teech]

–noun

Edward (“Blackbeard”

), died 1718, English pirate and privateer in the Americas.

Also, Thatch, Thach.

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teach (tēch)

v. taught (tôt), teach·ing, teach·es

v. tr.

To impart knowledge or skill to: teaches children.
To provide knowledge of; instruct in: teaches French.
To condition to a certain action or frame of mind: teaching youngsters to be self-reliant.
To cause to learn by example or experience: an accident that taught me a valuable lesson.
To advocate or preach: teaches racial and religious tolerance.
To carry on instruction on a regular basis in: taught high school for many years.

v. intr.
To give instruction, especially as an occupation.

[Middle English techen, from Old English tǣcan; see deik- in Indo-European roots.]

Synonyms: These verbs mean to impart knowledge or skill. Teach is the most widely applicable: taught the child to draw; taught literature at the college.
Instruct usually suggests methodical teaching: instructed the undergraduates in music theory.
Educate often implies formal instruction but especially stresses the development of innate capacities: "We are educated by others ... and this cultivation, mingling with our innate disposition, is the soil in which our desires, passions, and motives grow" (Mary Shelley).
Train suggests concentration on particular skills intended to fit a person for a desired role: trained the vocational students to be computer technicians.
School often implies an arduous learning process: schooled the youngster to play the viola.
Discipline usually refers to the teaching of control, especially self-control: disciplined myself to exercise every day.
Drill implies rigorous instruction or training, often by repetition of a routine: drilled the students by having them recite the multiplication tables.

Teach (tēch)

English pirate. Based on the North Carolina coast after 1713, he conducted acts of piracy off the coast of the American colonies and in the Caribbean. He was killed by British naval forces.

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Teach

Teach\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Taught; p. pr. & vb. n. Teaching.] [OE. techen, imp. taughte, tahte, AS. t?cean, imp. t?hte, to show, teach, akin to t[=a]cn token. See Token.]

1. To impart the knowledge of; to give intelligence concerning; to impart, as knowledge before unknown, or rules for practice; to inculcate as true or important; to exhibit impressively; as, to teach arithmetic, dancing, music, or the like; to teach morals.

If some men teach wicked things, it must be that others should practice them. --South.

2. To direct, as an instructor; to manage, as a preceptor; to guide the studies of; to instruct; to inform; to conduct through a course of studies; as, to teach a child or a class. "He taught his disciples." --Mark ix. 31.

The village master taught his little school. --Goldsmith.

3. To accustom; to guide; to show; to admonish.

I shall myself to herbs teach you. --Chaucer.

They have taught their tongue to speak lies. --Jer. ix. 5.

Note: This verb is often used with two objects, one of the person, the other of the thing; as, he taught me Latin grammar. In the passive construction, either of these objects may be retained in the objective case, while the other becomes the subject; as, I was taught Latin grammar by him; Latin grammar was taught me by him.

Syn: To instruct; inform; inculcate; tell; guide; counsel; admonish. See the Note under Learn.

Teach

Teach\, v. i. To give instruction; to follow the business, or to perform the duties, of a preceptor.

And gladly would he learn, and gladly teach. --Chaucer.

The priests thereof teach for hire. --Micah iii. 11.

Language Translation for : teach

Spanish: enseñar,

German: lehren,

Japanese: 教える

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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. Teacher "one who teaches" emerged c.1300; it was used earlier in a sense of "index finger" (c.1290).

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