teach

English

/tiːt͡ʃ/

verb
Definitions
  • (obsolete) To show (someone) the way; to guide, conduct; to point, indicate.
  • (ditransitive) To pass on knowledge to.
  • (intransitive) To pass on knowledge, especially as one's profession; to act as a teacher.
  • (ditransitive) To cause to learn or understand.
  • (ditransitive) To cause to know the disagreeable consequences of some action.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English techen inherited from Old English tǣċan (train, persuade, instruct, show, declare, warn, demonstrate, assign, teach, direct, prescribe) inherited from Proto-Germanic *taikijaną (show, point out) derived from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (point out, show, point, teach, instruct), *deyḱ- (point out, show, point, teach, instruct).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*deyḱ-

Gloss

point out, show, point, teach, instruct

Concept
Semantic Field

Sense perception

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

教

Emoji

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