teaching assistant

American  

noun

• teaching assistants
  plural

1. a graduate student in a college or university who is the recipient of a teaching fellowship. TA

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teaching assistant British  

noun

1. another name for classroom assistant

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• teaching assistantship
  noun

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• teaching assistants
  plural

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Example Sentences

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teaching assistant

After having her daughter, who is now aged seven, Hayley decided to pursue her dream of working with children again and became a special needs teaching assistant in a primary school four years ago.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

"I had an absolute breakdown," said the teaching assistant.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

His mother worked as a teaching assistant and his father a painter, and they earned enough to buy a home, which was their priority.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026

“We want them to push themselves to their limits here so that they can see where they need to improve before college,” said Joshua Saint Juste, a program fellow, teaching assistant and former participant.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

Edlefsen was a late bloomer, six years older than Ernest yet still only a teaching assistant.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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