Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

teaching

/ˈtiːt͡ʃɪŋ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.72 in modern English

Syllables
teach-ing
IPA
/ˈtiːt͡ʃɪŋ/
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Something taught by a religious or philosophical authority.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The profession of educating people; the activity that a teacher does when he/she teaches.

Countable; Uncountable

verb

present participle and gerund of teach

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English teching, techinge, from Old English tǣċing, tǣċung (“instruction, direction, teaching”), equivalent to teach + -ing.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: teching, tǣċing, techinge, tǣċende, *taikijandz, *taikijaną

Usage

Inflected Forms

teachings (plural) teachyng (alternative, obsolete)

Derived Forms

cyberteaching microteaching schoolteaching teachingless teleteaching

Phrases

action teaching block teaching book-teaching distance teaching e-teaching flip teaching home teaching hybrid teaching

Frequently Paired Words

teach token

Synonyms

tutelage education instruction pedagogy didactics educational activity precept commandment

Rhymes With

reaching preaching screeching bleaching breaching leaching impeaching beseeching beaching breeching leeching pleaching

Questions

How do you pronounce teaching?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtiːt͡ʃɪŋ/.
What does teaching mean?
Something taught by a religious or philosophical authority.
Where does teaching come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce teaching

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