Definition of teachingnext
as in education
the act or process of imparting knowledge or skills to another a chemist who has devoted his career to teaching, even though he could have made a lot more money in an industrial job

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teaching

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verb

present participle of teach

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Recent Examples of teaching
Noun
The current attorney general received a part-time teaching job at UF for $100,000 a year, 10 times higher than a typical adjunct instructor receives a year. José Javier Rodríguez, Sun Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2026 The key to all teaching is the relationship between the teacher and the student. John Dias, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026
Verb
People often assume CEOs spend most of their time teaching others. Hao Lam, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026 Guerra emphasized the importance of teaching younger generations about LGBTQ hate. Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for teaching
Recent Examples of Synonyms for teaching
Noun
  • Among the grants that were eliminated, frozen or delayed were ones related to maternal health in Michigan, education research in Mississippi and assistance to minority farmers in Iowa, the researchers found.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026
  • For a woman who stopped her formal education after two years of high school, this was extraordinary.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The early 2000s brought a strong focus on educating communities about the harms of secondhand smoke and successful policies to restrict smoking in public places.
    Susan Morrisey, STAT, 15 Sep. 2026
  • McCarthy started training camp by educating players on the history of the steel industry and explaining how the best Steelers teams are a reflection of the city’s identity.
    Mike DeFabo, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Political behavior scholarship typically measures education by a person’s level of formal schooling.
    Kenneth Michael White, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Heder didn’t want to disrupt the schooling of her two young children, ages 10 and 12, and has become too enmeshed in the area to want to leave it.
    Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Orders can be equivocal, statements ambiguous, instructions murky.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Studies have used everything from intensive classroom instruction to short daily sessions with language-learning apps, over periods ranging from weeks to months, to see whether language learning can improve cognitive function.
    Karen Stollznow, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026

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“Teaching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teaching. Accessed 20 Sep. 2026.

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