teach
verb (used with object)
to impart knowledge of or skill in; give instruction in.
had taught
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past perfectof teach.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Speaking to the BBC World Service's Newsday programme, Rath, a lawyer based in Calgary, said he saw Monday's vote as a "first step" which had taught the movement some "valuable lessons".
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
According to the complaint, Prabhakar had taught the story for nearly a decade without incident and used it in a unit on unsympathetic and unreliable narrators alongside works by Ernest Hemingway and Raymond Carver.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026
Earlier, he wrote on X that Khamenei had taught everyone in Iran that the country's "greatest asset" was "its people and their unity".
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
May Claire La Plante, 31, said she was doing archery today, in an “adaptive stance” Fadel had taught her, to build up her arm strength after a surgery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
I felt uncomfortable telling him about my home situation because Papá had taught us to keep our family life private, but I thought he needed to know.
From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez
