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UK [tiːtʃ] / US [tɪtʃ] verb
Word forms "teach":
present tense I/you/we/they teach he/she/it teaches present participle teaching past tense taught UK [tɔːt] / US [tɔt] past participle taught

1)

a) [intransitive/transitive] to help students to learn something in a school, college, university etc by giving lessons

How long have you been teaching here?

teach science/maths/history etc:

I teach English at the local comprehensive.

teach children/teenagers/adults etc:

She teaches children with learning difficulties.

teach something to someone/teach someone something:

John teaches English to adult learners.

b) [transitive] to help someone to learn a skill by showing them how to do it

teach someone something:

His mother had taught him some words in Spanish.

teach someone (how) to do something:

My uncle is going to teach me to drive this summer.

2) [transitive] to change the way that someone behaves or the way that someone thinks or feels about something

teach someone something:

The experience taught her the importance of having good friends.

teach someone to do something:

These children have to be taught to share with others.

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teach school/college etc — American to work as a teacher in a school/college etc

that will teach you (to do something) — spoken used for telling someone that they should have been more careful or should have paid attention to your advice

That'll teach you to lend her money.

- I'll teach you to do something

- teach your grandmother to suck eggs

- teach someone a lesson

- you can't teach an old dog new tricks