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Definition of teaching noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

teaching

noun
 
 
/ˈtiːtʃɪŋ/
 
/ˈtiːtʃɪŋ/
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  1.  
     [uncountable] the work of a teacher
    • She wants to go into teaching (= make it a career).
    • He has now retired from full-time teaching
    • The course combines classroom teaching and distance learning.
    • How much teaching do you actually do?
    • the teaching profession
    • teaching staff
    • traditional/innovative teaching methods
    • Applicants must hold a recognized teaching qualification.
    Extra Examples
    • Music can be a valuable teaching tool.
    • I have a part-time teaching job.
    • Critics say that these tests waste teaching time.
    • I've been in teaching for ten years.
    • Mr Murphy retired at the end of a 30-year teaching career.
    • She used puppets as teaching aids.
    • The aim of the campaign is to promote the teaching of science.
    • The teaching year runs from October to May.
    • Work experience is integrated into the teaching programme.
    • Write each teaching point on the whiteboard.
    • He has extensive teaching experience.
    • Teaching methods have not changed as much as people might think.
    • The system should reward good classroom teaching.
    • secondary school teaching
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • effective
    • good
    • poor
    • …
    verb + teaching
    • get into
    • go into
    • promote
    • …
    teaching + noun
    • method
    • strategy
    • style
    • …
    preposition
    • in teaching
    phrases
    • an approach to teaching
    • a method of teaching
    • a style of teaching
    • …
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  2.  
     [uncountable, countable, usually plural] the ideas of a particular person or group, especially about politics, religion or society, that are taught to other people
    • views that go against traditional Catholic teaching
    • the teachings of Lenin
    Extra Examples
    • The culture is based in the teachings of Confucius.
    • He was hoping to deepen his awareness of Islamic teaching.
    • the fundamental teachings of the Buddha
    • the disciples who passed on Jesus's teaching
    • the Church's teaching on forgiveness
    • He followed the teachings of the Bible on this subject.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • ancient
    • traditional
    • official
    • …
    verb + teaching
    • follow
    • contradict
    • accept
    • …
    preposition
    • in the teaching
    • teaching about
    • teaching on
    • …
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