English Explanatory Dictionary

teach

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To pass on knowledge to.
  2. To pass on knowledge generally, especially as one's profession; to act as a teacher.
  3. To cause (someone) to learn or understand (something).
  4. To cause to know the disagreeable consequences of some action.
  5. To show (someone) the way; to guide, conduct; to point, indicate.
noun
  1. teacher
name
  1. Nickname for a teacher.
name
  1. A surname. Most commonly associated with the pirate Blackbeard, who gave his real name as Edward Teach, Thatch, or Tack.

Pronunciation

/ˈtiːt͡ʃ/ [ˈtʰɪi̯t͡ʃ] en-us-teach.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-teach.wav En-au-Teach.ogg

Word forms

teach teaches teaching taught no-table-tags glossary teachest taughtest teacheth

Etymology

From Middle English techen, from Old English tǣċan (“to show, declare, demonstrate; teach, instruct, train; assign, prescribe, direct; warn; persuade”), from Proto-West Germanic *taikijan, from Proto-Germanic *taikijaną (“to show”), from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to show”). Cognate with Scots tech, teich (“to teach”), German zeigen (“to show, point out”), zeihen (“accuse, blame”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽 (gateihan, “to announce, declare, tell, show, display”), Latin dīcō (“speak, say, tell”), Ancient Greek δείκνυμι (deíknumi, “show, point out, explain, teach”), Sanskrit दिशति (diśati, “to point out, show, tell, teach”). More at token.

Synonyms

educate instruct

Antonyms

learn

Derived words

co-teach don't teach your grandmother how to milk ducks don't teach your grandmother to steal sheep don't try to teach grandma how to suck eggs forteach give a man a fish and you feed him for a day teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime home teach pre-teach reteach teachable teach away teacher teacherly teach grandma how to suck eggs teach-in teaching teach-out teach out teach school teach someone a lesson teach someone who's the boss teach the controversy teach to read and write teach to the test teach who's boss teach who's the boss that'll teach someone unteachable you can't teach an old dog new tricks

Translations

Abkhaz: арҵара Afrikaans: leer Afrikaans: onderrig Alabama: aabachi Albanian: mësoj Southern Altai: ӱредер Arabic: عَلَّمَ Arabic: درس Arabic: قرا Arabic: علّم Armenian: սովորեցնել Armenian: ուսուցանել Armenian: դաս տալ Armenian: վարժեցնել Aromanian: nvetsu Aromanian: anvetsu Assamese: শিকোৱা Assamese: পঢ়োৱা Asturian: enseñar Avar: малъизе Azerbaijani: öyrətmək Bangi: lakisa Basque: irakatsi Belarusian: вучы́ць Belarusian: выклада́ць Bengali: শেখান Central Bikol: tukdo Bulgarian: у́ча Bulgarian: обучавам Burmese: သင် Burmese: ပညာပေး Buryat: һургаха Catalan: ensenyar Chechen: хьеха Cherokee: ᏕᎨᏲᎲᏍᎦ Chichewa: -phunzitsa Chinese Cantonese: 教 Chinese: җё Chinese: 教 Eastern Min Chinese: 教 Chinese Mandarin: 教 Chinese Mandarin: 教授 Wu Chinese: 教 Cornish: dyski Cornish: deski Czech: učit Danish: undervise Danish: lære Dutch: aanleren Dutch: leren Dutch: onderwijzen Dutch: lesgeven Elfdalian: lära Esperanto: instrui Esperanto: lernigi Estonian: õpetama Evenki: алагу- Faroese: læra Faroese: undirvísa Finnish: opettaa French: apprendre French: enseigner
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