teaching

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teaching¹

  • /ˈtiːt͡ʃɪŋ/

Rhymes with -iːtʃɪŋ

Where it comes from

From Middle English teching, techinge, from Old English tǣċing, tǣċung (“instruction, direction, teaching”), equivalent to teach + -ing.

noun teachings · teachyng

  1. countable, uncountable Something taught by a religious or philosophical authority. Many follow the teachings of Confucius.
  2. countable, uncountable The profession of educating people; the activity that a teacher does when he/she teaches. Teaching has seen continual changes over the past decades.

teaching²

  • /ˈtiːt͡ʃɪŋ/

Rhymes with -iːtʃɪŋ

Where it comes from

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.

verb teachyng

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of teach

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