English Online Dictionary. What means teaching? What does teaching mean?
English
Alternative forms
- teachyng (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtiːt͡ʃɪŋ/
- Rhymes: -iːtʃɪŋ
Etymology 1
From Middle English teching, techinge, from Old English tǣċing, tǣċung (“instruction, direction, teaching”), equivalent to teach + -ing.
Noun
teaching (countable and uncountable, plural teachings)
- Something taught by a religious or philosophical authority.
- The profession of educating people; the activity that a teacher does when he/she teaches.
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
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.
Verb
teaching
- present participle and gerund of teach
Related terms
Anagrams
- cheating