Meaning

5 senses

  1. (ditransitive)To pass on knowledge to.

    Can you teach me to sew? Can you teach sewing to me?

    lehren, beibringen, unterrichten

    преподава́тьprepodavátʹ, учи́тьučítʹ, научи́тьnaučítʹ

    вчи́тиvčýty, навчи́тиnavčýty, виклада́тиvykladáty

    impart skills or knowledge to

  2. (intransitive, stative)To pass on knowledge generally, especially as one's profession; to act as a teacher.

    She used to teach at university.

    unterrichten

    преподава́тьprepodavátʹ

    виклада́тиvykladáty

  3. (ditransitive)To cause (someone) to learn or understand (something).

    lehren

  4. (ditransitive)To cause to know the disagreeable consequences of some action.

    I'll teach you to make fun of me!

  5. (obsolete, transitive)To show (someone) the way; to guide, conduct; to point, indicate.

    ‘The bliss is there’, mumbled the old man and taught to Heaven.

    c1450, Mandeville's Travelsː Blessed God of might (the) most.. teach us the right way unto that bliss that lasteth aye.

Examples

4501 sentences

  1. English is taught in most countries.

    Англійську мову вчать у більшості країн.

    ruАнглийский язык учат в большинстве стран.

    deEnglisch wird in den meisten Ländern gelehrt.

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  2. Who taught you how to dance?

    Хто вас навчив танцювати?

    ruКто научил вас танцевать?

    deWer hat dir das Tanzen beigebracht?

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  3. What you were taught is wrong.

    Те, чого тебе навчили, неправильне.

    ruТо, чему тебя учили, неправильно.

    deDas, was man dich lehrte, ist falsch.

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  4. I am very tired from teaching.

    Я дуже втомився викладати.

    ruЯ очень устал от преподавания.

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  5. He has little experience in teaching.

    Він має небагато досвіду як вчитель.

    ruУ него мало опыта в преподавании.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to pass on knowledge:
Русский
By meaning 1
to pass on knowledge:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to pass on knowledge:

Origin

From Middle English techen, from Old English tǣċan (“to show, declare, demonstrate; teach,

From Middle English techen, from Old English tǣċan (“to show, declare, demonstrate; teach, instruct, train; assign, prescribe, direct; warn; persuade”), from Proto-West Germanic *taikijan, from Proto-Germanic *taikijaną (“to show”), from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to show”).

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Forms

teaches, teaching, taught, taught
Base formteach · to teach
3rd person singularteaches
Present participleteaching
Past simpletaught
Past participletaught

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyteach
he, she, itteaches

Past simpleLesson

all personstaught

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave taught
he, she, ithas taught

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill teach

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

3 synonyms
educateB1instructB2
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms
learnA1

Word family

29 related words
Relatedteachableteacherteaching
Derivedbeteachcoteachforeteachforteachhome teachmicroteachmisteachnonteachingoverteachpre-teachreteachteachabilityteach awayteacherlyteach-inteachinglyteachlessteach outteach-outteach schoolteachworthyteachyunderteachunteach

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • one who taught
  • used to teach
  • mr jackson teaches
  • wanted to teach
  • teach my children
  • could probably teach
  • has been teaching
  • teaching experience
  • my parents taught
  • of teaching experience
  • experience in teaching
  • going to teach

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
teaA1teabagteacherA1teachingB1teacup
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