teach /tit/ teaches, teaching, taught /tt/ verb [intransitive or transitive] EDUCATION

to help students to learn something in a school, college, or university by giving lessons: She teaches children with learning difficulties. How long have you been teaching here? John teaches English to adult learners.

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