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teaching away

teaching away is the present participle and gerund of teach away.

Meaning of teach away

Verb

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

  1. In patent law, to describe the solution to a problem in a way that excludes a particular alternative to solving that problem addressed by a later invention.
    • A statement that a particular combination is not a preferred embodiment does not teach away absent clear discouragement of that combination.2007, Bainbridge Lipscomb, Anthony William Deller, Lipscomb's Walker on Patents: Volume 9, page 1034

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What is teaching away the present participle and gerund of?
Teaching away is the present participle and gerund of teach away.

Words near teaching away in the dictionary

  1. Teacheys
  2. teachin'
  3. teaching
  4. teaching assistant
  5. teaching assistants
  6. teaching away
  7. teaching grandma how to suck eggs
  8. teaching grandma to suck eggs
  9. teaching hospital
  10. teaching hospitals
  11. teaching someone a lesson

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