"taught" meaning in English

See taught in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /tɔt/ (note: without the cot–caught merger), /tɑt/ [cot-caught-merger], /tɔːt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /t̪ɒːt/ [Ireland] Audio: en-uk-taught.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Pvanp7-taught.wav , en-us-taught.ogg
enPR: tôt (note: without the cot–caught merger), tät [cot-caught-merger], tôt [Received-Pronunciation] Rhymes: -ɔːt Head templates: {{head|en|misspelling}} taught
  1. Misspelling of taut. Tags: alt-of, misspelling Alternative form of: taut
    Sense id: en-taught-en-adj-7psIouU4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 87 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /tɔt/ (note: without the cot–caught merger), /tɑt/ [cot-caught-merger], /tɔːt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /t̪ɒːt/ [Ireland] Audio: en-uk-taught.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Pvanp7-taught.wav , en-us-taught.ogg
enPR: tôt (note: without the cot–caught merger), tät [cot-caught-merger], tôt [Received-Pronunciation] Rhymes: -ɔːt Etymology: From Middle English taught(e), tau(h)t(e), from Old English tāhte, tǣhte, from Proto-Germanic *taihtē. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|taught|taught(e)}} Middle English taught(e), {{inh|en|ang|tāhte}} Old English tāhte, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*taihtē}} Proto-Germanic *taihtē Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} taught
  1. simple past and past participle of teach Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: teach
    Sense id: en-taught-en-verb-aFjyAm9x
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Alternative forms

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