teaching

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The job or activity of giving lessons to students.

   She has been in teaching for over twenty years.

2. 2
   noun

   An idea or set of beliefs taught by a person, religion, or philosophy.

   Many people still follow the teachings of Confucius.

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.

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