📒 to give lessons to students in a school, college, university, etc.; to help somebody learn something by giving information about it
- She teaches at our local school.
- He taught for several years before becoming a writer.
- teach something I'll be teaching history and sociology next term.
📒 to show somebody how to do something so that they will be able to do it themselves
- teach somebody to do something Could you teach me to do that?
- I'm trying to teach my daughter to behave.
- teach somebody how, what, etc… My father taught me how to ride a bike.
📒 to make somebody feel or think in a different way
- teach somebody to do something She taught me to be less critical of other people.
- teach somebody that… My parents taught me that honesty was always the best policy.
- teach that… The book teaches that we shouldn't be afraid of change.
📒 to persuade somebody not to do something again by making them suffer so much that they are afraid to do it
- teach somebody to do something Lost all your money? That'll teach you to gamble.
- I'll teach you to call (= punish you for calling) me a liar!
- teach somebody something The accident taught me a lesson I'll never forget.
📒 to tell or show somebody how to do something that they can already do well, and probably better than you can
📒 (you cannot) successfully make people change their ideas, methods of work, etc., when they have had them for a long time
📒 to teach students only what is necessary in order to pass a particular test, rather than help them develop a range of skills