teach

to cause to know something

The first known use: before the 12th century

Word Structure

5 Letters, 1 Syllable

teach

3 Phonemes

t E C

onset, rime

t each

Morpheme

teach

Sentence Examples

He enjoys teaching his students about history.

She taught English for many years at the high school.

The church teaches compassion and forgiveness.

Someone needs to teach her right and wrong.

The experience taught us that money doesn't mean everything.

Her injury will teach her not to be so careless with a knife.

Related Words

Sound the same but are spelled differently.

Collocations

The habitual juxtaposition of a particular word with another word or words with a frequency greater than chance.

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