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pre-teach

pre-teach verb: to teach something (an idea, a word) before using it in a real situation.

Verb

pre-teach (third-person singular simple present pre-teaches, present participle pre-teaching, simple past and past participle pre-taught)

  1. (teaching) To teach something (an idea, a word) before using it in a real situation.

Forms of pre-teach

third-person singular presentpre-teaches
present participlepre-teaching
past participlepre-taught
pastpre-taught

Origin of pre-teach

From pre- + teach.

Questions about pre-teach

What does pre-teach mean?
Pre-teach means to teach something (an idea, a word) before using it in a real situation.
What part of speech is pre-teach?
Pre-teach is a verb.
What is the past tense of pre-teach?
The past tense of pre-teach is pre-taught.

Words near pre-teach in the dictionary

  1. pre-synaptic
  2. pre-syncope
  3. pre-syncopes
  4. pre-T
  5. pre-tax
  6. pre-teach
  7. pre-teen
  8. pre-teenhood
  9. pre-teens
  10. pre-test
  11. pre-tests

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