{
    "term": "teach",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "teach",
            "heSheIt": "teaches"
        },
        "pastSimple": "taught",
        "pastParticiple": "taught",
        "ingForm": "teaching"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to give lessons to students in a school, college, university, etc.; to help somebody learn something by giving information about it",
            "sensetop": "teach somethingteach something to somebodyteach somebody somethingteach somebodyteach somebody about something",
            "labels": "(North American English)(especially British English)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She teaches at our local school."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He taught for several years before becoming a writer."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'll be teaching history and sociology next term.",
                    "contextForm": "teach something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **teach** yoga **classes**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **teach school** *(= teach in a school)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He teaches English to advanced students.",
                    "contextForm": "teach something to somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He teaches them English.",
                    "contextForm": "teach somebody something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "My wife teaches undergraduate students.",
                    "contextForm": "teach somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Schools should teach children about healthy eating.",
                    "contextForm": "teach somebody about something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "information which helps the teacher teach more effectively"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I am not qualified to teach this subject."
                },
                {
                    "text": "training courses designed to teach managerial techniques"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the languages that are commonly taught in schools today"
                },
                {
                    "text": "teaching children about the world around them"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Education"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["effectively", "well", "commonly"],
                "verb + teach": ["try to", "be qualified to", "be designed to"],
                "preposition": ["about", "to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to show somebody how to do something so that they will be able to do it themselves",
            "sensetop": "teach somebody to do somethingteach somebody how, what, etc…",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Could you teach me to do that?",
                    "contextForm": "teach somebody to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm trying to teach my daughter to behave."
                },
                {
                    "text": "My father taught me how to ride a bike.",
                    "contextForm": "teach somebody how, what, etc…"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["effectively", "well", "commonly"],
                "verb + teach": ["try to", "be qualified to", "be designed to"],
                "preposition": ["about", "to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to make somebody feel or think in a different way",
            "sensetop": "teach somebody to do somethingteach somebody that…teach that…teach somebody something",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She taught me to be less critical of other people.",
                    "contextForm": "teach somebody to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "My parents taught me that honesty was always the best policy.",
                    "contextForm": "teach somebody that…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The book teaches that we shouldn't be afraid of change.",
                    "contextForm": "teach that…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Our experience as refugees taught us many valuable lessons.",
                    "contextForm": "teach somebody something"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to persuade somebody not to do something again by making them suffer so much that they are afraid to do it",
            "sensetop": "teach somebody to do somethingteach somebody something",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Lost all your money? **That'll teach you** to gamble.",
                    "contextForm": "teach somebody to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'll teach you to call *(= punish you for calling)* me a liar!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The accident **taught me a lesson** I'll never forget.",
                    "contextForm": "teach somebody something"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to tell or show somebody how to do something that they can already do well, and probably better than you can",
            "labels": "(British English, informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "(you cannot) successfully make people change their ideas, methods of work, etc., when they have had them for a long time",
            "labels": "(saying)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to teach students only what is necessary in order to pass a particular test, rather than help them develop a range of skills",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/tiːtʃ/",
                "audio": "te/teach/teach__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtiːtʃɪz/",
                "audio": "te/teach/teaches__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/tɔːt/",
                "audio": "ta/teach/taught__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtiːtʃɪŋ/",
                "audio": "te/teach/teaching__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/tiːtʃ/",
                "audio": "te/teach/teach__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtiːtʃɪz/",
                "audio": "te/teach/teaches__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/tɔːt/",
                "audio": "ta/teach/taught__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtiːtʃɪŋ/",
                "audio": "te/teach/teaching__us_3.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English tǣcan ‘show, present, point out’, of Germanic origin; related to token, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek deiknunai ‘show’, deigma ‘sample’."
}