taught

CEFRA1

/tɔːt/

verb

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  1. 01

    verb

    Past tense and past participle of teach.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    simple past and past participle of teach

Examples

  • He taught himself by copying paintings in the Louvre.

  • They learn to do without being taught.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1

Also pronounced

  • /toːt/

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In context

  • While employed at the bank, he taught economics at college.

  • The bevel of the needle should be up and the injection should be made through taught skin.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The experienced coach blank the children how to swim safely in the deep ocean.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

verb

From Middle English taught(e), tau(h)t(e), from Old English tāhte, tǣhte, from Proto-Germanic *taihtē.