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to teach
01
to give lessons to students in a university, college, school, etc.
Transitive: to teach a subject
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Irregular
Present tense
teach
3rd person singular
teaches
Present participle
teaching
Past simple
taught
Past participle
taught
Examples
She teaches yoga to promote health and well-being.
02
to assist or enable someone to acquire some knowledge, skills, or abilities
Ditransitive: to teach sb a skill or knowledge | to teach a skill or knowledge to sb
Examples
The swim instructor teaches children how to swim.
03
to accustom or habituate someone to a particular action or attitude
Ditransitive: to teach sb to do sth
Examples
The parenting books teach parents to establish bedtime routines to help their children sleep better.
Lexical Tree
teachable
teacher
teaching
teach
