past and past participle
Helped someone learn a subject, skill, or way of doing something.
My mother taught me how to cook.
I was taught to drive by my father.
American English
How to pronounce taught
verbA2Very common word
TAWT
/tʰɔt̚/
One syllable.
Form of teach
Taught is used for both the past form and the past participle of teach.
Helped someone learn a subject, skill, or way of doing something.
Practice out loudMeanings & examples
past and past participle
Worked as a teacher in a school, college, or another place.
She taught English at the local school.
He has taught at this college for ten years.
past and past participle
Made someone understand something through an experience.
That mistake taught me a lesson.
The experience has taught us to be patient.
Useful expressions
To learn something without a teacher.
She taught herself Spanish.
To make someone understand that their behavior was wrong or foolish.
The failed trip taught him a lesson.
To show people how to behave by behaving that way yourself.
Good leaders teach by example.
Related words & forms
The past forms are taught, not teached.