Teach your grandmother (to suck eggs)

Teach somebody a lesson

Teach somebody that

Teach somebody to do something

Teach somebody that

Teach somebody something

Teach somebody to do something

Teach somebody something

Teach somebody (how) to do something

Teach something to somebody

Teach somebody (something) about something

Teach at

Learner of

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2. also learner driver

British English someone who is learning to drive a car

Teach verb past tense and past participle taught / tɔːt $ tɒːt /

1. SCHOOL/COLLEGE ETC

[intransitive and transitive]to give lessons in a school, college, or university, or to help someone learn about something by giving them information

ￚsee also learn

Neil teaches at the Guildhall School of Music in London.

teach (somebody) English/mathematics/history etc

He taught geography at the local secondary school.

We were never taught anything about other religions.

I'm teaching English to Italian students.

teach school/college etc American English (=teach in a school etc)

2. SHOW SOMEBODY HOW

[transitive] to show someone how to do something

My father taught me to swim.

different methods of teaching children how to read

Can you teach me one of your card tricks?

3. CHANGE SOMEBODY'S IDEAS

[transitive] to show or tell someone how they should behave or what they should think

When I was young, we were taught to treat older people with respect.

No one ever taught him the difference between right and wrong.

He taught me that the easy option isn't always the best one.

4. EXPERIENCE SHOWS SOMETHING

[transitive] if an experience or situation teaches you something, it helps you to understand something about life

Experience has taught me to avoid certain areas of the city.

I t's certainly taught me that work and money aren't the most important things in life.

5. that'll teach you (to do something)

spoken used when something unpleasant has just happened to someone because they acted stupidly

That'll teach you to be late!

informal if someone or something teaches you a lesson, you are punished for something you have done, so that you will not want to do it again

7. you can't teach an old dog new tricks

used to say that older people often do not want to change the way they do things

British English to give someone advice about something that they already know

Teacher noun (countable)

someone whose job is to teach, especially in a school

a primary school teacher

language/history/science etc teacher

teacher training/education (=professional training to become a teacher)

Teaching noun [uncountable]

1. the work or profession of a teacher

She's thinking of going into teaching (=becoming a teacher).

language/science etc teaching

criticisms of English teaching in schools

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