Teach
[tiːtʃ] or [titʃ]
Definition
(noun.) an English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718).
(verb.) accustom gradually to some action or attitude; 'The child is taught to obey her parents'.
(verb.) impart skills or knowledge to; 'I taught them French'; 'He instructed me in building a boat'.
Typist: Ralph--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To accustom; to guide; to show; to admonish.
(v. i.) To give instruction; to follow the business, or to perform the duties, of a preceptor.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Instruct, inform, educate, enlighten, train, discipline, drill, school, tutor, indoctrinate, initiate, give instruction to, give lessons to.[2]. Communicate, impart, inculcate, instil, preach.[3]. Admonish, direct, guide, counsel, show, tell, advise, signify to, suggest to, indicate to, point out to.
v. n. Act as teacher, practise teaching.
Checker: Paulette
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Impart, tell, direct, instruct, inform, counsel, admonish, educate, inculcate,enlighten, advise, indoctrinate, train
ANT:Withhold, misteach, misdirect, misinstruct, misinform, misguide, mislead
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Definition
v.t. to show: to impart knowledge to: to guide the studies of: to exhibit so as to impress upon the mind: to impart the knowledge of: to accustom: to counsel.—v.i. to practise giving instruction:—pa.t. and pa.p. taught (tawt).—n. Teachabil′ity.—adj. Teach′able capable of being taught: apt or willing to learn.—ns. Teach′ableness; Teach′er one who teaches or instructs; Teach′ing the act of teaching or instructing: instruction.—adj. Teach′less indocile.
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Examples
- I'll teach her, with all her airs, that she's no better than the raggedest black wench that walks the streets! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I am less unfit to teach in a school than in a family. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- They teach at one time that men act from class interests: but they devote an enormous amount of energy to making men conscious of their class. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- But, suppose we should rise up tomorrow and emancipate, who would educate these millions, and teach them how to use their freedom? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Very much, indeed, if you'll teach me, sir,' replied Oliver. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- But thou promised to teach us all thy arts for the money we pay thee, objected Hielman, who was of an avaricious turn of mind. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- My friends find for me a place in a college, where I teach as at home, and earn enough to make the way smooth for Franz and Emil. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- My father, who taught me, is away, and I don't get on very fast alone, for I've no one to correct my pronunciation. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I do assure you that my intimacy has not yet taught me _that_. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Had not his books taught him that he was a man? Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Surely somebody has taught you, she added, with amiable archness. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Mamma thought the dear too young to be taught to conquer his prejudices, but Papa believed that it never was too soon to learn obedience. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- His own good sense taught him that such a training of his servants was unjust and dangerous. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- But if women are to have the same employments as men, they must have the same education--they must be taught music and gymnastics, and the art of war. Plato. The Republic.
- I shall begin to admit what you said of yourself when you first came here--that you are a bear, and want teaching by the birds. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Then he went healing and teaching through Galilee, and even journeyed to Tyre and Sidon. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- For them at least his teaching was complete and full. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- She destroyed her prestige by disregarding her own teaching of righteousness. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- To these Nestorian teachers came the fresh Arab mind out of the desert, keen and curious, and learnt much and improved upon its teaching. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I am curious to see something of the teaching she is to receive. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- The teaching of elocution. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Reason teaches us this; for if we suppose a change in God, he must be changed either by another or by himself. Plato. The Republic.
- Is it come to this that my son teaches me--_me_--spirit! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- To kill them teaches nothing, Anselmo said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Every failure teaches a man something, if he will learn; and you are too sensible a man not to learn from this failure. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- It teaches us to be careful of what we say, and I am sure makes men more brief, more businesslike, and more straightforward. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- He teaches Spanish to Americans. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- And when Miss Temple teaches you, do your thoughts wander then? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
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