/ English Dictionary

UNTEACH

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: untaught   

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause to disbelieve; teach someone the contrary of what he or she had learned earlier

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "unteach" is one way to...):

instruct; learn; teach (impart skills or knowledge to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cause to unlearn

Example:

teach somebody to unlearn old habits or methods

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "unteach" is one way to...):

instruct; learn; teach (impart skills or knowledge to)

Cause:

unlearn (discard something previously learnt, like an old habit)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE

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