teach

Meaning

Verb

1. (ditransitive) To pass on knowledge to.
2. (intransitive, stative) To pass on knowledge generally, especially as one's profession; to act as a teacher.
3. (ditransitive) To cause (someone) to learn or understand (something).
4. (ditransitive) To cause to know the disagreeable consequences of some action.
5. (obsolete, transitive) To show (someone) the way; to guide, conduct; to point, indicate.

Noun

teacher

Opposite of

learn

Synonyms

instruct

educate

train

🚋

show

learn

explain

inform

advise

preach

study

direct

coach

guide

tell

tutor

indoctrinate

impart

edify

school

🏫

point out

habituate

drill

clarify

cultivate

admonish

correct

pass on

enlighten

lesson

accustom

pass on knowledge

warn

point

class

teaching

prepare

read

📖

ground

nurture

lecture

order

exhort

convey

expound

instructions

moralize

acquaint

communicate

initiate

inculcate

Translations

enseigner

enseñar

insegnare

lehren

ensinar

beibringen

onderwijzen

unterrichten

leren

apprendre

ensenyar

docere

διδάσκω

istruire

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tiːt͡ʃ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: techen

Inherited from Old English: tǣċan

Cognate with Scots: tech

Cognate with German: zeigen

Cognate with Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽

Cognate with Latin: dīcō

Cognate with Ancient Greek: δείκνυμι

Cognate with Sanskrit: दिशति

In summary

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.

Sentences

She believes for as it was said that adults have things to teach children .