# teaching

Pronunciation: say "TEE-ching" /ˈtiːt͡ʃɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of teach. — present participle and gerund of teach
   - Simple: Present participle and gerund of teach. Use it after be ("was teaching") or like a noun ("I love teaching").
   - _The professor is teaching three courses this semester._
   - _Teaching teenagers to drive takes a great deal of patience._

## Noun

2. The profession of educating people, or the work a teacher does when helping students learn.
   - Simple: The job of helping people learn, or the work a teacher does to help students learn.
   - _Teaching demands patience, careful preparation, and a real interest in how students think._
   - _She left a corporate job for teaching and never regretted the change._
3. An idea, principle, or doctrine put forward by a religious or philosophical authority.
   - Simple: An idea, rule, or belief taught by a religious leader or a great thinker.
   - _Compassion lies at the heart of every major teaching the master left behind._
   - _Scholars still debate which teachings can be traced directly to the founder himself._

## Origin

**Meanings 2–3** — Made of teach + -ing, it goes back to Old English tǣċing or tǣċung ("instruction, direction, teaching") and came down as Middle English teching.
**Meaning 1** — In form teach + -ing, it starts from Proto-Germanic *taikijandz, the present participle of *taikijaną ("to show, point out"), which became Old English tǣċende and then Middle English techinge.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/teaching (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).