teach

teach is one of the 1000 most common headwords.

tea - teach - team

Pronunciation

• SAMPA: /'titS/
• IPA ^(key): /'tiʧ/

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Verb

Plain form teach

Third-person singular teaches

Past tense taught

Past participle taught

Present participle teaching

1. (transitive & intransitive) To help someone learn something. To tell someone how to do something.

   Most parents try to teach their children to be nice.

   She taught in a high school for 25 years.

   Mr. Smith teaches grade-five English and history.

Related words

• teacher
• teaching