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teach¹
- /ˈtiːt͡ʃ/
- [ˈtʰɪi̯t͡ʃ]
Rhymes with -iːtʃ
Where it comes from
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”).
Cognate with Scots tech, teich (“to teach”), German zeigen (“to show, point out”), zeihen (“accuse, blame”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽 (gateihan, “to announce, declare, tell, show, display”), Latin dīcō (“speak, say, tell”), Ancient Greek δείκνυμι (deíknumi, “show, point out, explain, teach”), Sanskrit दिशति (diśati, “to point out, show, tell, teach”). More at token.
verb teaches · teaching · taught · teach
- 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). The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;[…]. Now she had come to look upon the matter in its true proportions, and her anticipation of a possible chance of teaching him a lesson was a pleasure t
- To cause to know the disagreeable consequences of some action. I'll teach you to make fun of me!
- To show (someone) the way; to guide, conduct; to point, indicate. ‘The bliss is there’, mumbled the old man and taught to Heaven.
teach²
- /ˈtiːt͡ʃ/
- [ˈtʰɪi̯t͡ʃ]
Rhymes with -iːtʃ
Where it comes from
Clipping of teacher.
noun teaches
- teacher
Teach³
- /ˈtiːt͡ʃ/
Sounds like teach · Rhymes with -iːtʃ
proper noun
- Nickname for a teacher. I'm not in trouble again, am I, Teach?
Teach⁴
- /ˈtiːt͡ʃ/
Sounds like teach · Rhymes with -iːtʃ
Where it comes from
Possibly a variant of Thatch or Tack.
proper noun
- A surname. Most commonly associated with the pirate Blackbeard, who gave his real name as Edward Teach, Thatch, or Tack.
