Teaching
//ˈtiːt͡ʃɪŋ// noun, verb
noun, verb ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Something taught by a religious or philosophical authority. countable, uncountable
"Many follow the teachings of Confucius."
- 2 the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill wordnet
- 3 The profession of educating people; the activity that a teacher does when he/she teaches. countable, uncountable
"Teaching has seen continual changes over the past decades."
- 4 the profession of a teacher wordnet
- 5 a doctrine that is taught wordnet
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of teach form-of, gerund, participle, present
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"Indeed you know a lot of things, but you're not good at teaching them."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English teching, techinge, from Old English tǣċing, tǣċung (“instruction, direction, teaching”), equivalent to teach + -ing.
Etymology 2
From Middle English techinge, techynge, techende, techand, from Old English tǣċende, from Proto-Germanic *taikijandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *taikijaną (“to show, point out”), equivalent to teach + -ing.
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