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{
"term": "teach",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "teach",
"heSheIt": "teaches"
},
"pastSimple": "taught",
"pastParticiple": "taught",
"ingForm": "teaching"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to give lessons to students in a school, college, university, etc.; to help somebody learn something by giving information about it",
"sensetop": "teach somethingteach something to somebodyteach somebody somethingteach somebodyteach somebody about something",
"labels": "(North American English)(especially British English)",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "She teaches at our local school."
},
{
"text": "He taught for several years before becoming a writer."
},
{
"text": "I'll be teaching history and sociology next term.",
"contextForm": "teach something"
},
{
"text": "to **teach** yoga **classes**"
},
{
"text": "to **teach school** *(= teach in a school)*"
},
{
"text": "He teaches English to advanced students.",
"contextForm": "teach something to somebody"
},
{
"text": "He teaches them English.",
"contextForm": "teach somebody something"
},
{
"text": "My wife teaches undergraduate students.",
"contextForm": "teach somebody"
},
{
"text": "Schools should teach children about healthy eating.",
"contextForm": "teach somebody about something"
},
{
"text": "information which helps the teacher teach more effectively"
},
{
"text": "I am not qualified to teach this subject."
},
{
"text": "training courses designed to teach managerial techniques"
},
{
"text": "the languages that are commonly taught in schools today"
},
{
"text": "teaching children about the world around them"
}
],
"topics": ["Education"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["effectively", "well", "commonly"],
"verb + teach": ["try to", "be qualified to", "be designed to"],
"preposition": ["about", "to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to show somebody how to do something so that they will be able to do it themselves",
"sensetop": "teach somebody to do somethingteach somebody how, what, etc…",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Could you teach me to do that?",
"contextForm": "teach somebody to do something"
},
{
"text": "I'm trying to teach my daughter to behave."
},
{
"text": "My father taught me how to ride a bike.",
"contextForm": "teach somebody how, what, etc…"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["effectively", "well", "commonly"],
"verb + teach": ["try to", "be qualified to", "be designed to"],
"preposition": ["about", "to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to make somebody feel or think in a different way",
"sensetop": "teach somebody to do somethingteach somebody that…teach that…teach somebody something",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "She taught me to be less critical of other people.",
"contextForm": "teach somebody to do something"
},
{
"text": "My parents taught me that honesty was always the best policy.",
"contextForm": "teach somebody that…"
},
{
"text": "The book teaches that we shouldn't be afraid of change.",
"contextForm": "teach that…"
},
{
"text": "Our experience as refugees taught us many valuable lessons.",
"contextForm": "teach somebody something"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to persuade somebody not to do something again by making them suffer so much that they are afraid to do it",
"sensetop": "teach somebody to do somethingteach somebody something",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Lost all your money? **That'll teach you** to gamble.",
"contextForm": "teach somebody to do something"
},
{
"text": "I'll teach you to call *(= punish you for calling)* me a liar!"
},
{
"text": "The accident **taught me a lesson** I'll never forget.",
"contextForm": "teach somebody something"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to tell or show somebody how to do something that they can already do well, and probably better than you can",
"labels": "(British English, informal)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "(you cannot) successfully make people change their ideas, methods of work, etc., when they have had them for a long time",
"labels": "(saying)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to teach students only what is necessary in order to pass a particular test, rather than help them develop a range of skills",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/tiːtʃ/",
"audio": "te/teach/teach__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈtiːtʃɪz/",
"audio": "te/teach/teaches__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/tɔːt/",
"audio": "ta/teach/taught__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈtiːtʃɪŋ/",
"audio": "te/teach/teaching__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/tiːtʃ/",
"audio": "te/teach/teach__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈtiːtʃɪz/",
"audio": "te/teach/teaches__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/tɔːt/",
"audio": "ta/teach/taught__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈtiːtʃɪŋ/",
"audio": "te/teach/teaching__us_3.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English tǣcan ‘show, present, point out’, of Germanic origin; related to token, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek deiknunai ‘show’, deigma ‘sample’."
}