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teach(verb)BrE / tiːtʃ / NAmE / tiːtʃ / - to give lessons to students in a school, college, university, etc.; to help somebody learn something by giving information about it
- She teaches at our local school.
- He taught for several years before becoming a writer.
- I'll be teaching history and sociology next term.
- to teach school (= teach in a school)
- He teaches English to advanced students.
- He teaches them English.
- John teaches French at the local school.
- She taught me how to change a tyre.
- Our priority is to educate people about the dangers of drugs.
- Members of staff should be instructed in the use of fire equipment.
- She’s a trained midwife.
- He’s training the British Olympic swimming team.
- He’s the best football player I’ve ever coached.
- She coaches some of the local children in maths.
- She tutors some of the local children in math.
- school/college teachers
- a swimming/science instructor
- a horse trainer
- Do you have a personal trainer?
- a football coach
- tutors working with migrant children
- to show somebody how to do something so that they will be able to do it themselves
- Could you teach me to do that?
- My father taught me how to ride a bike.
- to make somebody feel or think in a different way
- She taught me to be less critical of other people.
- My parents taught me that honesty was always the best policy.
- Our experience as refugees taught us many valuable lessons.
- to persuade somebody not to do something again by making them suffer so much that they are afraid to do it
- Lost all your money? That'll teach you to gamble.
- I'll teach you to call (= punish you for calling) me a liar!
- The accident taught me a lesson I'll never forget.
- to tell or show somebody how to do something that they can already do well, and probably better than you can
- (you cannot) successfully make people change their ideas, methods of work, etc., when they have had them for a long time
- to teach students only what is necessary in order to pass a particular test, rather than help them develop a range of skills
Extra Examples- I am not qualified to teach this subject.
- I’m trying to teach my daughter to behave.
- She teaches English to Polish students.
- information which helps the teacher teach more effectively
- teaching children about the world around them
- the languages that are commonly taught in schools today
- training courses designed to teach managerial techniques
- I’ll be teaching history and sociology next term.
- to teach school
Verb Forms- present simple I / you / we / they teach
- he / she / it teaches
- past simple taught
- past participle taught
- -ing form teaching
Word Origin- Old English tǣcan ‘show, present, point out’, of Germanic origin; related to token, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek deiknunai ‘show’, deigma ‘sample’.
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