teaching
/ˈtiːt͡ʃɪŋ/
teaching noun: something taught by a religious or philosophical authority. Also the present participle and gerund of teach.
Noun
teaching (countable and uncountable, plural teachings)
- Something taught by a religious or philosophical authority.
- Many follow the teachings of Confucius.
- The profession of educating people; the activity that a teacher does when he/she teaches.
- Teaching has seen continual changes over the past decades.
- I have found a teaching job.
- Synonyms:
- tutelage
Also used as
teaching is also the present participle and gerund of teach.
teaching meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Telugu
teaching in Tamil
- something taught
- அறிவுரை aṟivurai
- the profession of teaching; the activity that a teacher does when he/she teaches
- கற்பித்தல் kaṟpittal
teaching in Marathi
- शिकवणे
teaching in Urdu
- تدریس
teaching in Telugu
- బోధన, బోధించడం
More languagesFewer languages
- teaching in Malayalam
- അദ്ധ്യാപനം addhyāpanaṁ
- teaching in Kannada
- ಬೋಧನೆ
- teaching in Punjabi
- ਪਡ਼੍ਹਾਉਣਾ
- teaching in Gujarati
- ભણાવવું
- teaching in Sanskrit
- शिक्षण śikṣaṇa, उपदेश upadeśa
- teaching in Nepali
- अध्यापन
- teaching in Arabic
- تَعْلِيم taʕlīm
- teaching in Indonesian
- ajaran, pengajaran
Examples of teaching in a sentence
- She worked as a sub until she got her teaching certificate.
- Grandma teaching you to drive is like the blind leading the blind.
- I worked for a while as a PA before I went into teaching.
Synonyms of teaching
Forms of teaching
| plural | teachings |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | teachyng |
Origin of teaching
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.
Words formed from teaching
Phrases with teaching
Words that rhyme with teaching
Questions about teaching
- What does teaching mean?
- Teaching means something taught by a religious or philosophical authority.
- What is teaching in Tamil?
- Teaching in Tamil is அறிவுரை (aṟivurai), கற்பித்தல் (kaṟpittal). See Teaching meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is teaching?
- Teaching is a noun.
- How do you pronounce teaching?
- Teaching is pronounced /ˈtiːt͡ʃɪŋ/.
- What is the plural of teaching?
- The plural of teaching is teachings.
Words near teaching in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: teaching (page history and authors); teaching (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); teaching (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); teaching (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); teaching (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); teaching (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); teaching (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); teaching (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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