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teach verb [ tiːtʃ ]

• impart knowledge to or instruct (someone) as to how to do something.
• "she taught him to read"
Similar: educate, instruct, school, tutor, give lessons to, coach, train, upskill, ground, enlighten, illuminate, verse, edify, prepare, din something into, indoctrinate, brainwash, drill, discipline, teach school, show, guide, demonstrate to, give someone an idea, make clear, learn,
• cause (someone) to learn or understand something by example or experience.
• "travelling taught me that not everyone shared my beliefs"

teach noun

• a teacher.
• "she came to say ‘Hi!’ to her old teach"
Origin: Old English tǣcan ‘show, present, point out’, of Germanic origin; related to token, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek deiknunai ‘show’, deigma ‘sample’.

teach school

• be a schoolteacher.
• "she taught school until 1920"

teach school

• be a schoolteacher.
"she taught school until 1920"

teach to the test

• teach students using methods intended primarily to improve their performance on an examination rather than to enhance their understanding of a subject.
"teachers are being forced to teach to the test so the school can get funding"



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