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taught

/toːt/verb1 syllable

Taught means: impart skills or knowledge to.

Synonyms for taught3

verb, as in impart skills or knowledge to

teach, learn, instruct

verb, as in accustom gradually to some action or attitude

teach

What does taught mean?2

verb

1

impart skills or knowledge to“I taught them French”

2

accustom gradually to some action or attitude“The child is taught to obey her parents”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with taught?11

one syllable

thoughtbroughtfoughtsoughtoughtbotwatwroughtfraughtnaught

two syllables

distraught
Show 40 near rhymes
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Taught in a sentence

  • While employed at the bank, he taught economics at college.AlanF_US
  • Genius must be born, and never can be taught.unknown
  • Don't be lazy, use the kanji you've been taught.unknown
  • What's essential in education is not the doctrine that is taught, it's the awakening.Scott
  • Everywhere he went, he taught love, patience, and most of all, non-violence.CK
  • The geometry, for instance, they taught you at school is founded on a misconception.Hybrid
  • French was the language of diplomacy, and because of this was taught in schools.mailohilohi
  • You're the one who taught me how to do this, aren't you?CK

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