'Teaching' definitions:
Definition of 'teaching'
From: WordNet
noun
The profession of a teacher; "he prepared for teaching while still in college"; "pedagogy is recognized as an important profession" [syn: teaching, instruction, pedagogy]
noun
A doctrine that is taught; "the teachings of religion"; "he believed all the Christian precepts" [syn: teaching, precept, commandment]
noun
The activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill; "he received no formal education"; "our instruction was carefully programmed"; "good classroom teaching is seldom rewarded" [syn: education, instruction, teaching, pedagogy, didactics, educational activity]
Definition of 'Teaching'
From: GCIDE
- Teach \Teach\ (t[=e]ch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Taught (t[add]t); p. pr. & vb. n. Teaching.] [OE. techen, imp. taughte, tahte, AS. t[=ae]cean, imp. t[=ae]hte, to show, teach, akin to t[=a]cn token. See Token.]
- 1. To impart the knowledge of; to give intelligence concerning; to impart, as knowledge before unknown, or rules for practice; to inculcate as true or important; to exhibit impressively; as, to teach arithmetic, dancing, music, or the like; to teach morals. [1913 Webster]
- If some men teach wicked things, it must be that others should practice them. --South. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To direct, as an instructor; to manage, as a preceptor; to guide the studies of; to instruct; to inform; to conduct through a course of studies; as, to teach a child or a class. "He taught his disciples." --Mark ix. 31. [1913 Webster]
- The village master taught his little school. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To accustom; to guide; to show; to admonish. [1913 Webster]
- I shall myself to herbs teach you. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- They have taught their tongue to speak lies. --Jer. ix. 5. [1913 Webster]
- Note: This verb is often used with two objects, one of the person, the other of the thing; as, he taught me Latin grammar. In the passive construction, either of these objects may be retained in the objective case, while the other becomes the subject; as, I was taught Latin grammar by him; Latin grammar was taught me by him. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To instruct; inform; inculcate; tell; guide; counsel; admonish. See the Note under Learn. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Teaching'
From: GCIDE
- Teaching \Teach"ing\, n. The act or business of instructing; also, that which is taught; instruction. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Education; instruction; breeding. See Education. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'teaching'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a belief,
- adage,
- ana,
- analects,
- aphorism,
- apothegm,
- article of faith,
- assignment,
- autodidactic,
- axiom,
- belief,
- byword,
- canon,
- catchword,
- chalk talk,
- charge,
- coeducational,
- collected sayings,
- command,
- commission,
- credo,
- creed,
- cultural,
- current saying,
- dictate,
- dictum,
- didactic,
- direction,
- disciplinary,
- discourse,
- disquisition,
- distich,
- doctrine,
- dogma,
- edifying,
- educating,
- educational,
- educative,
- enlightening,
- epigram,
- exercise,
- exhortatory,
- exposition,
- expression,
- faith,
- gnome,
- golden saying,
- harangue,
- homework,
- homiletic,
- homily,
- hortatory,
- illuminating,
- informative,
- initiatory,
- injunction,
- instruction,
- instructive,
- introductory,
- lecture,
- lecture-demonstration,
- lecturing,
- lesson,
- maxim,
- moral,
- moral lesson,
- morality,
- moralization,
- mot,
- motto,
- object lesson,
- oracle,
- order,
- orthodoxy,
- phrase,
- pithy saying,
- preaching,
- preachment,
- precept,
- preceptive,
- prescript,
- prescription,
- principle,
- propaedeutic,
- proverb,
- proverbial saying,
- proverbs,
- recital,
- recitation,
- religion,
- religious belief,
- religious faith,
- saw,
- saying,
- self-teaching,
- sentence,
- sententious expression,
- sermon,
- set task,
- skull session,
- sloka,
- stock saying,
- sutra,
- system of beliefs,
- talk,
- task,
- tenet,
- text,
- theology,
- tradition,
- tuitionary,
- verse,
- wisdom,
- wisdom literature,
- wise saying,
- witticism,
- word,
- words of wisdom