1with object and infinitive or clause Show or explain to (someone) how to do something.

1. 1.1with object Give information about or instruction in (a subject or skill)
   he came one day each week to teach painting

   with two objects she teaches me French

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   • Teachers have argued passionately for the opportunity to teach the subject they love, instead of trawling laboriously through past papers.
   • The only orderly class I meet in this school is expecting me to teach the subject I know nothing about.
   • How the information and skills are taught are considered to be equally as important as the award itself.
   • Mountain safety boils down mainly to common sense; you can teach yourself the necessary skills, and there are many excellent books on the subject.
   • When Kate Brookes wants to ask a colleague's advice on how to teach her subject it is not just a case of popping into the staff room.
   • The subjects must be taught in depth at the school level.
   • Unsurprisingly it has been found that subjects which are taught in a more innovative and interesting way get better results and better behaviour in those lessons.
   • European Studies is taught as a subject in the school and many students have entered EU organised competitions with great success.
   • But once the notions take hold that parenting is a job and that the required skills can be taught, we may end up with the idea that the aim is to produce a certain type of product.
   • Workshops, run once a week to teach the homeless new skills, have been running for a year and this is the first public display of the resulting work.
   • I really thank Ben for helping out and getting Ivan to polish up his guitar skills, teaching Charissa her first few chords.
   • However, camp teaches the very skills that will allow camps to respond to these opportunities.
   • While the children need to be supervised, Principal McGovern argues that it is an excellent way to teach a specialised subject area.
   • I have just posted up here some of the ‘Middle Eastern Studies’ that you will NOT hear about in most universities that claim to teach such a subject.
   • Interventions can provide the information and teach the skills necessary to implement those strategies.
   • Then again, consider the vested interest of all those who teach the subject of English literature.
   • They had become self-taught sailors on the lake, teaching themselves the necessary skills and knots.
   • This guide contains all the skills and requirements as well as the background and reference information needed to teach the skills.
   • I teach two AP subjects and have a lot of trouble fitting in all that I would like for the course.
   • It's not just an education system about teaching literacy and numeracy.

   Synonyms

   give lessons in, lecture in, give instructions in, inform someone about, familiarize someone with, acquaint someone with, instil, inculcate, explicate, explain, expound
2. 1.2no object Give such instruction professionally.
   she teaches at the local high school

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   • I taught at the high school in the morning, one class at Nicholls in the afternoon and then went home to the hard work.
   • One faculty member acknowledged that it was the source of her motivation for teaching at a community college.
   • She has taught at the elementary school level and is currently a teacher educator, preparing teachers to teach in diverse classrooms.
   • Consider the fact that teachers almost universally discount their wages in order to teach in private schools.
   • The majority of these bilingual education teachers taught in transitional bilingual programs.
   • Both of our teachers have taught in the public schools and consider this a much better situation.
   • What is not entirely clear is whether their commitment is to teaching or more specifically to teaching in a community college.
   • When I taught at a community college, one of my students was a forty-five-year-old mom who juggled two jobs and a full academic load.
   • Katherine von Duyke has home taught her 11 children for 16 years, and teaches at a homeschool high school.
   • Many teachers are unqualified to teach according to local public school standards and most don't know how to relate to American-raised children.
   • If they fail to keep up the GTC's standards, they will lose their licence to teach in state schools.
   • This is a book that offers rich possibilities for new directions in teaching at high school and college levels.
   • If not, what anchoring ideologies define teaching in community colleges?
   • To further complicate matters, teachers generally teach as if all students are at the same place in their learning development.
   • This same person was the only participant in the study ever encouraged by another member of the academy to teach at a community college.
   • The three professors whom I determined to have created the most spirit in their classes all taught at a community college.
   • The reason the better students give their teachers higher ratings is that most teachers tend to teach to the better students.
   • One of the village's primary school teachers, who taught at the orphanage for two days last year, said he would not go back.
   • He now teaches at Merivale High School, also in Nepean.
   • He became a secondary school teacher, teaching in schools at Tilberg and Breda.
3. 1.3with object Encourage someone to accept (something) as a fact or principle.
   the philosophy teaches self-control

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   • But Dr Nelson says those who do not accept and teach Australian values should ‘clear off’.
   • Even better is the fact that the program teaches conservative play; they want you to be able to play for a long time and hopefully leave with more money than you came with.
   • Texas has approved biology textbooks that, get this: teach evolution as fact, much to the chagrin of creationists.
   • Why not change a great part of that education to teach strength of character in practising abstinence, and learning some moral principles, and teaching the value of marriage?
   • In 610 CE, the main principles of Islam were taught secretly.
   • ‘Baby Steps’ parents are encouraged to teach life lessons with familiar objects and activities.
   • In France, evolution is taught as a fact that you have to learn, and if you try to oppose that, you will be in trouble.
   • As time went on, Trungpa Rinpoche encouraged me to teach dharma and to step as fully as possible into that role.
   • When they do play, however, they manage to calm angry mobs, encourage world peace and teach vital life lessons - all the usual motivations for today's future bands.
   • By now, someone reading this is angrily muttering, but it teaches the kids discipline!
   • This narrow form of sex education fails to take into consideration this fact and teaches a narrow view, thus ignoring diverse ideas on sexuality.
   • What a responsibility we have to ensure we teach them God's principles - not man's opinions.
   • When I was a child, when school was education was much better, we were taught discipline both at home and at school.
   • And of course, Darwinian evolution is taught as fact in the education systems of Mexico, as it is in so many other countries.
   • By teaching ideology instead of facts, our schools are erasing the nation's collective memory.
   • And, of course, think also of tax-supported schools that teach evolution as fact.
   • Why should schools face such intense opposition, just because they don't teach evolution as fact?
   • The people growing up with these ideologies usually accept what they are taught.
   • Are we teaching them the philosophy and the mission, along with fiscal, staff, and program management skills?
4. 1.4 Cause (someone) to learn or understand something by example or experience.
   traveling taught me that not everyone shared my beliefs

   my upbringing taught me never to be disrespectful to elders

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   • Experience has taught me that I should be worried if something is constructed using language and concepts which I can't understand.
   • He takes a deep breath: ‘But such experiences have taught me about human life.’
   • Things haven't always been as happy for Mick, he has known his share of dark days but experience has taught him that life is precious and to be enjoyed.
   • The experience of many decades had taught us to understand that the black poor of our country valued a just peace as deeply as they valued their lives.
   • Experience teaches us that integrity may be compromised for convenience or to avoid unpleasant consequences.
   • When I was coming into the Church, experience quickly taught me that I could not rely on catechesis at the parish level.
   • Years of bitter experience have taught me that if you don't blow your own trumpet, it's fairly rare that anyone else will do it on your behalf.
   • We must save our heritage, we must learn from lessons taught us from the destruction of Swan Arcade and Forster Square Station to name but two examples.
   • Thus, discipline is really a process by which adults teach children and convey knowledge about appropriate behavior for various situations.
   • When things are going well, experience teaches us that turnouts are relatively lower.
   • Finally, experience teaches us that the fall of a government creates a security gap.
   • The movies teach us to expect violence from the mentally ill - even though it's clear that we have far more to fear from our ostensibly sane fellow citizens.
   • Experience teaches us that if it happens in the United States, it will happen here, sooner rather than later.
   • Experience teaches us, however, that humility often departs when the remembrance of imperfections grows more distant.
   • Experience teaches us that excess doesn't buy us happiness, that money can't insulate us from pain.
   • Our multimedia degree programme teaches students to understand how technology affects business.
   • My experience taught me that an owner should know every detail, from the cooking of the food up to its management, or he will be tricked by his workers.
   • However, don't they always teach us to learn from our mistakes?
   • The experience taught me how much it's possible to learn away from home in a new environment.
   • Experience taught him that art & words were inextricably bound with consciousness.
5. 1.5informal Make (someone) less inclined to do something.
   I'll teach you to throw rocks at my windows

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   • And that, my redneck cousin, will teach you to mess with a town boy!
   • ‘I'll teach you to mess with him’ he said, pulling out a knife.
   • That'll teach Ipswich ne'er-do-wells to mess with a man's shed.
   • That'll teach me to forget the look-but-don't-touch rule.
   • That'll teach you to mess with the Tengon regime!
   • She'd teach him for messing with every girl he saw.
   • That'll teach you to mess with my friend's shop.

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