Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

teachable moment

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.53 in modern English

Syllables: teach-able -mo-ment
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The time at which learning a topic becomes easiest.

noun

A difficult situation from which one can draw conclusions about unsuccessful techniques, approaches, etc. taken, and handle similar situations differently in the future.

Inflected Forms

teachable moments (plural)

Questions

What does teachable moment mean?: The time at which learning a topic becomes easiest.

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