Teaching
['tiːtʃɪŋ] or ['titʃɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) the profession of a teacher; 'he prepared for teaching while still in college'; 'pedagogy is recognized as an important profession'.
(noun.) a doctrine that is taught; 'the teachings of religion'; 'he believed all the Christian precepts'.
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Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Teach
(n.) The act or business of instructing; also, that which is taught; instruction.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Training, education, instruction
ANT:Learning, absorbing, receiving, knowledge,
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Examples
- 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.
- And his teaching is set like flint against asceticism, as a mere attempt to win personal power by personal pains. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But Bell had been giving so much time and attention to this absorbing project that his teaching had suffered. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- So far, however, we are dealing with what may be called training in distinction from educative teaching. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- But Mr. Copperfield was teaching me--' ['Much he knew about it himself! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I often feel as if I needed teaching more than ever since these babies look to me for everything. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- This part of his teaching was soon challenged. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- There he at once became interested in teaching his father’s system of Visible Speech to a tribe of Mohawk Indians in the neighborhood. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- After all, is it not the teaching of Christ? D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Nor do we know what Gentile teachings had reached him. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- One cannot rid one's self of youthful teachings; we may forget them for a time, but they always force themselves before the mind sooner or later. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- They may continue to practice some of its moral teachings and hold to some of its creed, but the Christian impulse is for them no longer active. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Huss became rector of the university, and his teachings roused the church to excommunicate him (1412). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Certain of his writings were declared false and prohibited, and he was admonished that he must follow certain lines in his teachings. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The teachings of this Lao Tse were later to become incorporated with the Taoist religion by Chen Tuan, the founder of modern Taoism. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He supported and endowed the Buddhistic Order, and encouraged its teachings. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Galileo’s teachings were pointed out as dangerous to the teachings of the Church, and the officers of the Inquisition began to consider how they might best deal with him. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Mixed with the craziness of Olympias in Alexander was the sanity of Philip and the teachings of Aristotle. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It may have been merely a cleansing of the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth from theological and ceremonial accretions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Such was the state of Christianity, and such were now the custodians of the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The documents that testify to his acts and teachings we shall treat as ordinary human documents. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Under the overpowering influence of these sickly imaginations the moral teachings of Gautama have been almost hid from view. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- For him the teachings of Adam Smith and Turgot were idle sophistries. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The Chinese speak of Buddhism and the doctrines of Lao Tse and Confucius as the Three Teachings. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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