teach

4 definitions • 5 examples

to give someone knowledge or to train someone; to instruct:

teach something to someone She taught English to foreign students.

[ + to infinitive ] Who taught you to cook?

to be a teacher in a school:

We moved to a small town where my mother taught school and my father worked in real estate.

to instruct or train someone or give someone knowledge of something:

[ I ] I taught for a few years before becoming a lawyer.

[ T ] He taught his children English/taught English to his children.

To teach school is to have a job instructing children in a school.