taught

[ tawt ]

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of teach.

taught

/ tɔːt /

verb

1. the past tense and past participle of teach

Other Words From

• half-taught adjective
• well-taught adjective

Example Sentences

Boys are taught early in life to devalue care, to be hyper-competitive, super-achieving men.

From The Daily Beast

Nerd Cruise By Adam Rogers, Wired What 800 Nerds on a Cruise Ship Taught Me About Life, the Universe, and Snorkeling.

From The Daily Beast

Brother Victor had taught my brother, Jeff, the previous year with far greater success.

From The Daily Beast

“What Miss Couple has taught me is how deep and meaningful a BDSM relationship can be,” he said.

From The Daily Beast

Western culture has taught us that it is getting better for members of the LGBT community.

From The Daily Beast

All the ordinary subjects in schools have been taught over and over again millions and millions of times.

From Project Gutenberg

And all over the world each language would be taught with the same accent and quantities and idioms—a very desirable thing indeed.

From Project Gutenberg

Chemistry has taught us that nicotine is only one among many principles which are contained in the plant.

From Project Gutenberg

But where there is no existing relation between the words or ideas, it is a case for Synthesis, to be taught hereafter.

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Three short years had not taught her how to bear sorrow with full knowledge.

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