noun
-
the art or profession of a teacher
-
(sometimes plural) something taught; precept
-
(modifier) denoting a person or institution that teaches
a teaching hospital
-
(modifier) used in teaching
teaching aids
Other Word Forms
- nonteaching adjective
- self-teaching adjective
Etymology
Origin of teaching
First recorded in 1125–75, teaching is from the Middle English word teching. See teach, -ing 1
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
She lives in a very poor village but feels she is making a difference by teaching 30 girls and young women online.
From Barron's
"She looks in his notebook and says: 'You know, those are really interesting drawings. What are you doing here to be an English professor. You should be doing that for a living, not teaching English'."
From BBC
When asked where she finds the strength to comfort these children, Jung didn’t hesitate: “From them. There’s no teacher who gets into teaching after Columbine who isn’t ready to die for their kids,” she said.
From Salon
Feeling “unease at seeing history being ‘snipped and clipped and disappeared,’” he dubbed his process “guerrilla teaching.”
From Salon
He said he was following advice to stay indoors and had been told teaching would be conducted online until Thursday.
From BBC
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
