teaching
/ˈtiːt͡ʃɪŋ/ noun
Also a form of teach
Forms teachings teachyng
- noun Something taught by a religious or philosophical authority. “Many follow the teachings of Confucius.”
- noun The profession of educating people; the activity that a teacher does when he/she teaches. “Teaching has seen continual changes over the past decades.”
Synonyms
tutelage instruction pedagogy precept commandment education didactics educational activity
Etymology
From Middle English teching, techinge, from Old English tǣċing, tǣċung (“instruction, direction, teaching”), equivalent to teach + -ing.
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.
Webster’s 1913
- noun The act or business of instructing; also, that which is taught; instruction.
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “teaching”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details