Teach
verb
To give knowledge, skills or information about something.
I will teach you how to drive a car.
Often appears as...
- teach someone a lesson
- teach by example
verb
To work as a teacher.
She teaches at a primary school.
Often appears as...
- teach in a school
- teach in a college
verb
To show someone how to do something by doing it yourself.
My father taught me how to ride a bike.
Often appears as...
- teach by doing
- teach by example
verb
To make someone understand the negative effects of their actions.
The loss of his job taught him a severe lesson about the importance of being responsible.
Often appears as...
- teach a lesson
- teach a harsh lesson
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Approving
Colloquial
verb
To give knowledge, skills or information about something.
I will teach you how to drive a car.
Often appears as...
- teach someone a lesson
- teach by example
verb
To work as a teacher.
She teaches at a primary school.
Often appears as...
- teach in a school
- teach in a college
verb
To show someone how to do something by doing it yourself.
My father taught me how to ride a bike.
Often appears as...
- teach by doing
- teach by example
verb
To make someone understand the negative effects of their actions.
The loss of his job taught him a severe lesson about the importance of being responsible.
Often appears as...
- teach a lesson
- teach a harsh lesson
Usage tips
Approving
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Active Engagement
Learning through active participation and practical exercises is implied.
The teacher will teach you grammar through interactive games.
Pro Tip 2/3Guidance Required
Emphasizes the necessity for a knowledgeable figure or material.
A guidebook alone can't teach you the language nuances like a native speaker can.
Pro Tip 3/3Potential Imparting
Suggests the possibility of transferring abilities, not just facts.
Great authors can teach storytelling techniques through their novels.
Pro Tip 1/3Active Engagement
Learning through active participation and practical exercises is implied.
The teacher will teach you grammar through interactive games.
Pro Tip 2/3Guidance Required
Emphasizes the necessity for a knowledgeable figure or material.
A guidebook alone can't teach you the language nuances like a native speaker can.
Pro Tip 3/3Potential Imparting
Suggests the possibility of transferring abilities, not just facts.
Great authors can teach storytelling techniques through their novels.
Pro Tip 1/3Active Engagement
Learning through active participation and practical exercises is implied.
The teacher will teach you grammar through interactive games.
Pro Tip 2/3Guidance Required
Emphasizes the necessity for a knowledgeable figure or material.
A guidebook alone can't teach you the language nuances like a native speaker can.
Pro Tip 3/3Potential Imparting
Suggests the possibility of transferring abilities, not just facts.
Great authors can teach storytelling techniques through their novels.
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How to control someone...
about the properties about how the brain works because we don't teach neuroscience in schools. And one of the reasons why is that the equipment is so complex and so expensive that it's really only done at major universities and large institutions. And so in order to be able to access the brain, you really need to dedicate your life and spend six and a half years as a graduate student
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Bring on the learning...
It was in front of the whole class and I felt dreadful. But it's what I wanted, and as soon as I left school, I applied to the fire service and I was accepted. You know, I was thinking about that guy recently, just a few minutes ago when you were speaking, about this teacher, because six months ago, I saved his life."
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Why do people get so...
The brain is flexible, and the areas involved in math skills can always grow and develop. This is a psychological principle called the growth mindset. Thinking of yourself as someone who can grow and improve can actually help you grow and improve. If you're a teacher or parent of young children,
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NASA Trailblazer:...
let anyone bring me down and that women are capable of doing anything they want to do catherine johnson has taught me to believe in myself and my capabilities kathryn johnson was an amazing african-american female mathematician who changed the world
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The five major world...
He taught that all life follows karma, the law of cause and effect, and our job is to do our duty, or dharma, according to our place in society without worrying how things turn out. When we die, we are reincarnated into a new body.
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Your body language may...
We are also influenced by our nonverbals, our thoughts and our feelings and our physiology. So what nonverbals am I talking about? I'm a social psychologist. I study prejudice, and I teach at a competitive business school,
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Why elephants never...
ivory poaching in Africa, and mistreatment in captivity worldwide. Given what we now know about elephants and what they continue to teach us about animal intelligence, it is more important than ever to ensure
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Can you solve the locker...
He wanted to leave all of his money to you, but he knew that if he did, your relatives would pester you forever. So he is banking on the fact that he taught you everything you need to know about riddles.
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Best Monkey Moments PIPE...
there's going to be no peace horus and jackie can now grow up together here at twala and sarah hopes that when they're older they will join the center's monkey troupe i do my best to teach them what
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Let’s put compassion...
had a dream to go to and be the first in her family to graduate from college by her advancement via individual determination and it meant that she was counting on me to be her teacher through
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How to control someone...
about the properties about how the brain works because we don't teach neuroscience in schools. And one of the reasons why is that the equipment is so complex and so expensive that it's really only done at major universities and large institutions. And so in order to be able to access the brain, you really need to dedicate your life and spend six and a half years as a graduate student
Video examples
Bring on the learning...
It was in front of the whole class and I felt dreadful. But it's what I wanted, and as soon as I left school, I applied to the fire service and I was accepted. You know, I was thinking about that guy recently, just a few minutes ago when you were speaking, about this teacher, because six months ago, I saved his life."
Video examples
Why do people get so...
The brain is flexible, and the areas involved in math skills can always grow and develop. This is a psychological principle called the growth mindset. Thinking of yourself as someone who can grow and improve can actually help you grow and improve. If you're a teacher or parent of young children,
Video examples
NASA Trailblazer:...
let anyone bring me down and that women are capable of doing anything they want to do catherine johnson has taught me to believe in myself and my capabilities kathryn johnson was an amazing african-american female mathematician who changed the world
Video examples
The five major world...
He taught that all life follows karma, the law of cause and effect, and our job is to do our duty, or dharma, according to our place in society without worrying how things turn out. When we die, we are reincarnated into a new body.
Video examples
Your body language may...
We are also influenced by our nonverbals, our thoughts and our feelings and our physiology. So what nonverbals am I talking about? I'm a social psychologist. I study prejudice, and I teach at a competitive business school,
Video examples
Why elephants never...
ivory poaching in Africa, and mistreatment in captivity worldwide. Given what we now know about elephants and what they continue to teach us about animal intelligence, it is more important than ever to ensure
Video examples
Can you solve the locker...
He wanted to leave all of his money to you, but he knew that if he did, your relatives would pester you forever. So he is banking on the fact that he taught you everything you need to know about riddles.
Video examples
Best Monkey Moments PIPE...
there's going to be no peace horus and jackie can now grow up together here at twala and sarah hopes that when they're older they will join the center's monkey troupe i do my best to teach them what
Video examples
Let’s put compassion...
had a dream to go to and be the first in her family to graduate from college by her advancement via individual determination and it meant that she was counting on me to be her teacher through
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Snoop Dogg
American Rapper
I used to get stressed out all the time when I thought winning was important. I wanted to try to win and help my kids win. Once I figured out it wasn't about winning or losing, it was about teaching these kids about being men, that's when I started to relax.
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Steven Wright
American Comedian
I don't feel that I'm explaining the world or teaching people anything. And I'm not trying to be a mirror, showing them what's really going on the world. All I'm trying to do is think of stuff that's funny, just like when I'm kidding around with my friends.
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Steve Harvey
American Actor
My calling is to help people, to teach people, to share with people, until I die. I can never stop doing that. I can't, and I don't want to.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Leader
If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.
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Antoine de Saint-Exupery
French Writer
Each man must look to himself to teach him the meaning of life. It is not something discovered: it is something molded.
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Dr. Seuss
American Writer
You can get help from teachers, but you are going to have to learn a lot by yourself, sitting alone in a room.
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E. O. Wilson
American Scientist
If history and science have taught us anything, it is that passion and desire are not the same as truth.
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Galileo Galilei
Italian Scientist
We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves.
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Billy Graham
American Clergyman
All my life I've been taught how to die, but no one ever taught me how to grow old.
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W. E. B. Du Bois
American Writer
Education must not simply teach work - it must teach Life.
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Snoop Dogg
American Rapper
I used to get stressed out all the time when I thought winning was important. I wanted to try to win and help my kids win. Once I figured out it wasn't about winning or losing, it was about teaching these kids about being men, that's when I started to relax.
Quote examples
Steven Wright
American Comedian
I don't feel that I'm explaining the world or teaching people anything. And I'm not trying to be a mirror, showing them what's really going on the world. All I'm trying to do is think of stuff that's funny, just like when I'm kidding around with my friends.
Quote examples
Steve Harvey
American Actor
My calling is to help people, to teach people, to share with people, until I die. I can never stop doing that. I can't, and I don't want to.
Quote examples
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Leader
If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.
Quote examples
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
French Writer
Each man must look to himself to teach him the meaning of life. It is not something discovered: it is something molded.
Quote examples
Dr. Seuss
American Writer
You can get help from teachers, but you are going to have to learn a lot by yourself, sitting alone in a room.
Quote examples
E. O. Wilson
American Scientist
If history and science have taught us anything, it is that passion and desire are not the same as truth.
Quote examples
Galileo Galilei
Italian Scientist
We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves.
Quote examples
Billy Graham
American Clergyman
All my life I've been taught how to die, but no one ever taught me how to grow old.
Quote examples
W. E. B. Du Bois
American Writer
Education must not simply teach work - it must teach Life.
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