teaching

[tee-ching]

noun

1. the act or profession of a person who teaches.

2. something that is taught. teach.

3. Often teachings. doctrines or precepts.

   the teachings of Lao-tzu.

teaching

/ ˈtiːtʃɪŋ /

noun

1. the art or profession of a teacher

2. (sometimes plural) something taught; precept

3. (modifier) denoting a person or institution that teaches

   a teaching hospital

4. (modifier) used in teaching

   teaching aids

Other Word Forms

• nonteaching adjective
• self-teaching adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of teaching¹

First recorded in 1125–75, teaching is from the Middle English word teching. See teach, -ing ¹

Example Sentences

When Nick Green quit teaching after 17 years, one factor drove him above all others: to never go through another Ofsted inspection.

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There are also long-standing challenges with filling teaching posts in some rural areas and in some secondary specialisms.

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As an MIT computer-science professor, Regina Barzilay was used to living on the bleeding edge of innovation, teaching computers to understand words in the nascent field of natural language processing.

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The legislator was teaching a section of Campaign University, a series of online lessons he and others associated with Fort Worth-based megachurch Mercy Culture created to raise up so-called “spirit-led candidates.”

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She studied to be a teacher and, for a time, was happy enough teaching a class of primary school pupils in Glasgow.

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