teaching

[ tee-ching ]

/ ˈti tʃɪŋ /

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noun

the act or profession of a person who teaches.

something that is taught.

Often teachings. doctrines or precepts: the teachings of Lao-tzu.

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Origin of teaching

First recorded in 1125–75, teaching is from the Middle English word teching.See teach, -ing¹

OTHER WORDS FROM teaching

non·teach·ing, adjectiveself-teaching, adjective

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How to use teaching in a sentence

Official teachings and histories were pretty much all that was available to most Mormons.
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“I thought in Europe they would abandon Wahhabi teachings,” she say.
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But Francis has also implied that his hands are tied when it comes to changing doctrine or altering church teachings.
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While their songs are inspired by Jewish teachings, they are nowhere close to evangelical.
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He said those deceivers would cause Christians who remain true to His teachings to become reviled.
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Each one congratulated himself that his special teachings had accomplished this desired end.
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But surely this point of view is the very converse of the teachings of common sense.
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The palimpsest of memory recalled with intensest vividness the Christian teachings of his childhood.
The Catacombs of Rome|William Henry Withrow
Theologians tell and repeat to us that man is free, while all their teachings conspire to destroy his liberty.
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The "ideologues" and "metaphysicians" were anarchists, for the public order was endangered by their teachings.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte|William Milligan Sloane

British Dictionary definitions for teaching

teaching

/ (ˈtiːtʃɪŋ) /

noun

the art or profession of a teacher

(sometimes plural) something taught; precept

(modifier) denoting a person or institution that teachesa teaching hospital

(modifier) used in teachingteaching aids

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