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taught^¹

/tɔːt/ UK
/toːt/ Australia, British, New Zealand
/tɔt/ US
/tɑt/ US, cot caught merger
/tɔt/ Scotland
/t̪ɒːt/ Ireland

Sounds like taut, tort (non-rhotic), tot (cot–caught merger), thought (th-stopping), thot (cot–caught merger, th-stopping) · Rhymes with -ɔːt

Where it comes from

From Middle English taught(e), tau(h)t(e), from Old English tāhte, tǣhte, from Proto-Germanic *taihtē.

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of teach

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adjective

misspelling Misspelling of taut The bevel of the needle should be up and the injection should be made through taught skin.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: educated, instructed, schooled, tutored, acquired, advised, classes, conducted, delivered, demonstrated, discovered, dispensed, donated, education, educational, excused

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@misc{taught_2026,
  title = {taught},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/taught},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}