teach

/tiːt͡ʃ/

verb

  1. 1

    To show (someone) the way; to guide, conduct; to point, indicate.

    ‘The bliss is there’, mumbled the old man and taught to Heaven.
  2. 2

    (ditransitive) To pass on knowledge to.

    Can you teach me to sew?  Can you teach sewing to me?
  3. 3

    To pass on knowledge, especially as one's profession; to act as a teacher.

    She used to teach at university.
  4. 4

    (ditransitive) To cause to learn or understand.

  5. 5

    (ditransitive) To cause to know the disagreeable consequences of some action.

    I'll teach you to make fun of me!

Antonyms

noun

  1. 1

    (usually as a term of address) teacher

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