Taught Meaning
/tɔːt/Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbsimple past and past participle of teach
adjMisspelling of taut.
Sentence Examples
While employed at the bank, he taught economics at college.
They learn to do without being taught.
He taught himself by copying paintings in the Louvre.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The experienced coach ____ the children how to swim safely in the deep ocean.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
My grandfather ____ me how to fish when I was just a young boy during our many summer holidays together today.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English taught(e), tau(h)t(e), from Old English tāhte, tǣhte, from Proto-Germanic *taihtē.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The bevel of the needle should be up and the injection should be made through taught skin."
— 2010 March 11, Deborah MacFarlane, Skin Cancer Management: A Practical Approach, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 117:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The experienced coach ____ the children how to swim safely in the deep ocean.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
My grandfather ____ me how to fish when I was just a young boy during our many summer holidays together today.