noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈtiːt͡ʃɪŋ/
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rhymes with -iːtʃɪŋ
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Something taught by a religious or philosophical authority.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
Many follow the teachings of Confucius.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The profession of educating people; the activity that a teacher does when he/she teaches.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
Teaching has seen continual changes over the past decades.
I have found a teaching job.
a teaching assistant
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tutelage
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
present participle and gerund of teach
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill
Broader terms: doctrine, philosophy, philosophical system, school of thought, ism
Narrower terms: Golden Rule, mitzvah, mitsvah
History
Etymology
From Middle English teching, techinge, from Old English tǣċing, tǣċung (“instruction, direction, teaching”), equivalent to teach + -ing.
From Middle English techinge, techynge, techende, techand, from Old English tǣċende, from Proto-Germanic *taikijandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *taikijaną (“to show, point out”), equivalent to teach + -ing.
Across languages
Translations
85 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Azerbaijani:
təlim
— something taught
Bulgarian:
учение
(učenie)
— something taught
Catalan:
ensenyament
— something taught
Chinese Mandarin:
教導 /教导
(jiàodǎo)
— something taught
Chinese Mandarin:
教誨 /教诲
(jiàohuì)
— something taught