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taught en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /tɔt/ (Scotland)
  • /tɔːt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /tɑt/ (cot-caught-merger)
  • audio SSB
  • (Australia) audio
  • /toːt/ (Australia, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard)
  • tôt without the cot–caught merger
  • (US) audio cot-caught
  • tät (cot-caught-merger)
  • /tɔt/ without the cot–caught merger
  • tôt (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /t̪ɒːt/ (Ireland)

Etymology

From Middle English taught(e), tau(h)t(e), from Old English tāhte, tǣhte, from Proto-Germanic *taihtē.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of teach
    form of teach

Deriveds

self-taught · untaught · taughten

taught en · ADJ · etymology 2

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, misspelling) Misspelling of taut.
    alt of taut
    • The bevel of the needle should be up and the injection should be made through taught skin. 2010 March 11, Deborah MacFarlane, Skin Cancer Management: A Practical Approach, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 117: