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teachest

teachest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of teach.

Meaning of teach

Verb

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

  1. (ditransitive) To pass on knowledge to.
    • Can you teach me to sew? Can you teach sewing to me?
    Synonyms:
    educate, instruct
  2. (intransitive, stative) To pass on knowledge generally, especially as one's profession; to act as a teacher.
    • She used to teach at university.
    Antonyms:
    learn
  3. (ditransitive) To cause (someone) to learn or understand (something).
    • The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;[…]. Now she had come to look upon the matter in its true proportions, and her anticipation of a possible chance of teaching him a lesson was a pleasure...1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC
  4. (ditransitive) To cause to know the disagreeable consequences of some action.
    • I'll teach you to make fun of me!
  5. (obsolete, transitive) To show (someone) the way; to guide, conduct; to point, indicate.
    • ‘The bliss is there’, mumbled the old man and taught to Heaven.

See all 8 meanings of teach

Origin of teachest

From teach + -est.

Questions about teachest

What is teachest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Teachest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of teach.

Words near teachest in the dictionary

  1. teaches grandma how to suck eggs
  2. teaches grandma to suck eggs
  3. teaches someone a lesson
  4. teaches someone who's the boss
  5. teaches the controversy
  6. teachest
  7. teacheth
  8. Teachey
  9. Teacheys
  10. teachin'
  11. teaching

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