- teach school
- to instruct students in a school.
Buller left journalism to teach school, and he wrote several books about his experiences.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
teach school
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teach school — (N American) To be a teacher in a school • • • Main Entry: ↑teach * * * teach school/college/etc american phrase to work as a teacher in a school college etc … Useful english dictionary
teach — W2S1 [ti:tʃ] v past tense and past participle taught [to:t US to:t] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(school/college etc)¦ 2¦(show somebody how)¦ 3¦(change somebody s ideas)¦ 4¦(experience shows something)¦ 5 that ll teach you (to do something) 6 teach somebody a… … Dictionary of contemporary English
teach — [ titʃ ] (past tense and past participle taught [ tɔt ] ) verb *** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to help students to learn something in a school, college, university, etc. by giving classes: How long have you been teaching here? teach… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
teach — [tēch] vt. taught, teaching [ME techen < OE tæcan < base of tacn, a sign, symbol (see TOKEN); basic sense “to show, demonstrate,” as in Ger zeigen] 1. to show or help (a person) to learn (how) to do something [to teach a child (how) to… … English World dictionary
teach college — teach school/college/etc american phrase to work as a teacher in a school college etc Thesaurus: to teach someone somethingsynonym teachers and principalshyponym … Useful english dictionary
teach — /ti:tS/ past tense and past participle taught verb 1 SCHOOL/COLLEGE ETC (I, T) to give lessons in a school, college, or university: Guy s been teaching in France for 3 years now. | teach English/mathematics/history etc: Janet teaches science at a … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
teach */*/*/ — 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 … English dictionary
teach — mis·teach; school·teach·er·ish; school·teach·er·ly; school·teach·ery; teach; teach·abil·i·ty; teach·able; teach·er; teach·er·age; teach·er·less; teach·er·ship; teach·ery; un·teach; mis·teach·er; teach·able·ness; teach·ably; un·teach·able·ness; … English syllables
teach — verb (taught; teaching) Etymology: Middle English techen to show, instruct, from Old English tǣcan; akin to Old English tācn sign more at token Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. a. to cause to know something < taught them a trade > … New Collegiate Dictionary
teach — v.tr. (past and past part. taught) 1 a give systematic information to (a person) or about (a subject or skill). b (absol.) practise this professionally. c enable (a person) to do something by instruction and training (taught me to swim; taught me … Useful english dictionary
