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teach·er
(tē′chər)n.
One who teaches, especially one hired to teach.
teach′er·ly adj.
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teacher
(ˈtiːtʃə)n
1. (Professions) a person whose occupation is teaching others, esp children
2. a personified concept that teaches: nature is a good teacher.
ˈteacherless adj
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
teach•er
(ˈti tʃər)n.
a person who teaches.
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teacher
- fescue - A pointer, such as that used by a teacher, having originally meant "a straw or twig."
- docent, docible, docile - Docent comes from Latin docere, "to teach"; docible is "capable of learning" and docile first meant "teachable."
- Socratic method - A teaching technique in which a teacher does not give information directly but instead asks a series of questions, with the result that the student comes either to the desired knowledge by answering the questions or to a deeper awareness of the limits of knowledge.
- tuition - First meant taking care of something, then teaching or instruction, especially for a fee.
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professor
– teacher1. 'professor'
In a British university, a professor is the most senior teacher in a department.
Professor Cole is giving a lecture today.
She was professor of English at Strathclyde University.
In an American or Canadian university or college, a professor is a senior teacher. He or she is not necessarily the most senior teacher in a department.
He's a physics professor at Harvard.
My professor allowed me to retake the test.
2. 'teacher'
Don't use 'professor' to refer to a person who teaches at a school or similar institution. Use teacher.
I'm a qualified French teacher.
The teacher set us some homework.
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| Noun | 1. |  teacher - a person whose occupation is teachingart teacher - someone who teaches art Bahai - a teacher of or believer in Bahaism catechist - one who instructs catechumens in preparation for baptism (especially one using a catechism) private instructor, tutor, coach - a person who gives private instruction (as in singing, acting, etc.) dance master, dancing-master - a professional teacher of dancing demonstrator - a teacher or teacher's assistant who demonstrates the principles that are being taught docent - a teacher at some universities English professor, English teacher - someone who teaches English French teacher - someone who teaches French governess - a woman entrusted with the care and supervision of a child (especially in a private home) instructress - a woman instructor math teacher, mathematics teacher - someone who teaches mathematics missionary - someone who attempts to convert others to a particular doctrine or program music teacher - someone who teaches music reading teacher - someone who teaches students to read riding master - someone who teaches horsemanship school teacher, schoolteacher - a teacher in a school below the college level science teacher - someone who teaches science section man - someone who teaches a section of a large college course teaching fellow - a graduate student with teaching responsibilities teacher-student relation - the academic relation between teachers and their students |
| 2. | teacher - a personified abstraction that teaches; "books were his teachers"; "experience is a demanding teacher" abstract, abstraction - a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance; "he loved her only in the abstract--not in person" |
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teacher
noun instructor, coach, tutor, don, guide, professor, trainer, lecturer, guru, mentor, educator, handler, schoolteacher, pedagogue, dominie (Scot.), master or mistress, schoolmaster or schoolmistress I'm a teacher with 21 years' experience.
Quotations
"We teachers can only help the work going on, as servants wait upon a master" [Maria Montessori The Absorbent Mind]
"A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops" [Henry Brooks Adams The Education of Henry Adams]
"The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence" [A. Bronson Alcot]
"He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches" [George Bernard Shaw Maxims for Revolutionists]
"I owe a lot to my teachers and mean to pay them back some day" [Stephen Leacock]
"It is when the gods hate a man with uncommon abhorrence that they drive him into the profession of a schoolmaster" [Seneca]
"We teachers can only help the work going on, as servants wait upon a master" [Maria Montessori The Absorbent Mind]
"A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops" [Henry Brooks Adams The Education of Henry Adams]
"The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence" [A. Bronson Alcot]
"He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches" [George Bernard Shaw Maxims for Revolutionists]
"I owe a lot to my teachers and mean to pay them back some day" [Stephen Leacock]
"It is when the gods hate a man with uncommon abhorrence that they drive him into the profession of a schoolmaster" [Seneca]
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
teacher
nounOne who educates:
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Translations
مُدَرِّسمُعَلِّم
učitel-ka
lærerlærerinde
instruisto
آموزاننده
opettaja
učiteljučiteljicanastavnicanastavnik
oktatópedagógustanártanárnőtanító
kennari
教師
교사
magistermagistra
učiteljučiteljica
учитеључитељица
lärarelärarinna
mwalimu
ครู
giáo viên
teacher
[ˈtiːtʃəʳ]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
teacher
[ˈtiːtʃər] n (gen) → enseignant(e) m/f; (in secondary school) → professeur mf; (in primary school) → instituteur/trice m/f, professeur mf des écolesI'm a teacher with 21 years' experience → Je suis enseignant et j'ai 21 ans d'expérience.
He's a primary school teacher → Il est instituteur., Il est professeur des écoles.
Thomas is a French teacher → Thomas est professeur de français.
Melanie is a history teacher → Melanie est professeur d'histoire.
six teenagers and their teacher → six adolescents et leur professeurteacher certification n (US) → habilitation f à enseignerteacher evaluation n (US) → évaluation f pédagogiqueteacher-pupil ratio n → taux m d'encadrement, ratio m professeur élèvesteacher's pet n → chouchou mf du professeurteacher training n (British) → formation f pédagogique (des enseignants)teacher training college n → institut universitaire de formation des maîtres, IUFMtea chest n (British) → caisse f à théteach-in [ˈtiːtʃɪn] n → séminaire m
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
teacher
n → Lehrer(in) m(f); university teachers → Hochschullehrer pl, → Lehrkräfte pl → an (den) Universitäten (form); teachers of English, English teachers → Englischlehrer pl; she is a German teacher → sie ist Deutschlehrerin
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
teacher
[ˈtiːtʃəʳ] n (gen) → insegnante m/f; (in secondary school) → professore/essa; (in primary school) → maestro/aFrench teacher → insegnante di francese
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
teach
(tiːtʃ) – past tense, past participle taught (toːt) – verb to give knowledge, skill or wisdom to a person; to instruct or train (a person). She teaches English / the piano; Experience has taught him nothing.
ˈteacher noun a person who teaches, especially in a school.
teaching noun1. the work of teacher. Teaching is a satisfying job; (also adjective) the teaching staff of a school.
2. guidance or instruction. She followed her mother's teaching.
3. something that is taught. one of the teachings of Christ.
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teacher
→ مُدَرِّس učitel lærer Lehrer δάσκαλος maestro opettaja professeur učitelj insegnante 教師 교사 onderwijzer lærer nauczyciel professor учитель lärare ครู öğretmen giáo viên 教师Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
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teacher
n maestro -tra mf, profesor -ra mfEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.