teach

teach
[[t]ti͟ːtʃ[/t]]
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teaches, teaching, taught
1) VERB If you teach someone something, you give them instructions so that they know about it or how to do it.

[V n n] The trainers have a programme to teach them vocational skills...

[V n wh] George had taught him how to ride a horse...

[V n to-inf] She taught Julie to read...

[V n to n] The computer has simplified the difficult task of teaching reading to the deaf.

2) VERB To teach someone something means to make them think, feel, or act in a new or different way.

[V n n] Their daughter's death had taught him humility...

[V n that] He taught his followers that they could all be members of the kingdom of God...

[V n to-inf] Teach them to voice their feelings. [Also V n wh, V n about n]

3) VERB If you teach or teach a subject, you help students to learn about it by explaining it or showing them how to do it, usually as a job at a school, college, or university.

[V n] Ingrid is currently teaching Mathematics at Shimla Public School...

[V n] The topic is not taught in degree courses...

[V n to n] She taught English to Japanese business people...

She has taught for 34 years...

[V n n] She taught children French.

[V-ed] ...this twelve month taught course.

4) See also teaching
to teach someone a lessonsee lesson

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