Dictionary Entry
teach
teach is a 5-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To impart the knowledge of; to give intelligence concerning; to impart, as knowledge before unknown, or rules for practice; to inculcate as true or important; to exhibit impressively; as, to teach arithmetic, dancing, music, or the like; to teach morals. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 10 · 7 senses
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- 1transitive verb
To impart the knowledge of; to give intelligence concerning; to impart, as knowledge before unknown, or rules for practice; to inculcate as true or important; to exhibit impressively; as, to teach arithmetic, dancing, music, or the like; to teach morals.
- 2transitive verb
To direct, as an instructor; to manage, as a preceptor; to guide the studies of; to instruct; to inform; to conduct through a course of studies; as, to teach a child or a class.
- 3transitive verb
To accustom; to guide; to show; to admonish.
- 4intransitive verb
To give instruction; to follow the business, or to perform the duties, of a preceptor.
- 5noun
an English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718)
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- 6verb
accustom gradually to some action or attitude
"The child is taught to obey her parents"
- 7verb
impart skills or knowledge to
"I taught them French"
"He instructed me in building a boat"
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