teach
To pass on knowledge to.
Verb 4 meanings
To pass on knowledge to.
“Can you teach me to sew? Can you teach sewing to me?”
To pass on knowledge generally, especially as one's profession; to act as a teacher.
“She used to teach at university.”
To cause (someone) to learn or understand (something).
To cause to know the disagreeable consequences of some action.
“I'll teach you to make fun of me!”
Noun 1 meaning
teacher
Etymology
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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TEACH at a glance
TEACH has 5 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (T 1 + E 1 + A 1 + C 3 + H 4) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,129 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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