teach
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- (UK) IPA: /tiːtʃ/, X-SAMPA: /ti:tS/
- Rhymes: -iːtʃ
- (US) IPA: /titʃ/, X-SAMPA: /titS/
- Rhymes: -itʃ
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Etymology [edit]
From Middle English techen, from Old English tǣċan (“to show, declare, demonstrate; teach, instruct, train; assign, prescribe, direct; warn; persuade”), from Proto-Germanic *taikijaną (“to show”), from Proto-Indo-European *deyǵe-, *deyḱe- (“to show, point out, declare, tell”). Cognate with Scots tech, teich (“to teach”), German zeigen (“to show, point out”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌿 (gateihan, “to announce, declare, tell”), Latin dīcō (“speak, say, tell”), Ancient Greek δείκνυμι (deíknumi, “show, point out, explain, teach”). More at token.
Verb [edit]
teach (third-person singular simple present teaches, present participle teaching, simple past and past participle taught)
- (obsolete, transitive) To show (someone) the way; to guide, conduct.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VI:
- Than Sir Launcelot armed hym and toke his horse, and so he was taughte to the abbey.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VI:
- (transitive) To pass on knowledge.
- Can you teach me to sew?
- Can you teach sewing to me?
- (intransitive) To pass on knowledge, especially as one's profession; to act as a teacher.
- She used to teach at university.
Synonyms [edit]
Antonyms [edit]
- (intransitive, to pass on knowledge): learn
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
to pass on knowledge
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to pass on one's knowledge as one's profession
Anagrams [edit]
Irish [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old Irish tech, from Proto-Celtic *tegos, from Proto-Indo-European *tegos (“cover, roof”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
teach m (genitive tí, nominative plural tithe)
Declension [edit]
Declension of teach
Derived terms [edit]
- teach solais (“lighthouse”)
Mutation [edit]
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| teach | theach | dteach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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