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- [tee-cher]
- /ˈti tʃər/
- /ˈtiːtʃə(r)/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [tee-cher]
- /ˈti tʃər/
Definitions of teacher word
- noun teacher a person who teaches or instructs, especially as a profession; instructor. 1
- noun teacher instructor 1
- noun teacher professor 1
- noun teacher master 1
- countable noun teacher A teacher is a person who teaches, usually as a job at a school or similar institution. 0
- noun teacher a person whose occupation is teaching others, esp children 0
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Origin of teacher
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
First recorded in 1250-1300, teacher is from the Middle English word techer. See teach, -er1
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Parts of speech for Teacher
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
teacher popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
teacher usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for teacher
noun teacher
- advisor — one who gives advice.
- annalist — a writer of annals
- bandleader — A bandleader is the person who conducts a band, especially a jazz band.
- buttinski — a person who interferes in the affairs of others; meddler.
Antonyms for teacher
noun teacher
- apprentice — An apprentice is a young person who works for someone in order to learn their skill.
- beginner — A beginner is someone who has just started learning to do something and cannot do it very well yet.
- catechumen — a person, esp in the early Church, undergoing instruction prior to baptism
- grad — one hundredth of a right angle.
- greenie — Slang. an amphetamine pill, especially one that is green in color.
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