different between teaching vs abecedarian

English

Alternative forms

• teachyng (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ti?t???/
• Rhymes: -i?t???

Etymology 1

From Middle English teching, techinge, from Old English t??ing, t??ung (“instruction, direction, teaching”), equivalent to teach +? -ing.

Noun

teaching (countable and uncountable, plural teachings)

1. Something taught by a religious or philosophical authority.

   Many follow the teachings of Confucius.

2. The profession of educating people; the activity that a teacher does when s/he traches.

   Teaching has seen continual changes over the past decades.

   I have found a teaching job.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English techinge, techynge, techende, techand, from Old English t??ende, from Proto-Germanic *taikijandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *taikijan? (“to show, point out”), equivalent to teach +? -ing.

Verb

teaching

1. present participle of teach

Related terms

Anagrams

• cheating

English

Alternative forms

• abecedary

Etymology

From Late Latin abecedarius (from the first four letters of the Latin alphabet + -arius). Equivalent to abecedary +? -an. Compare abecedary.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /e?.bi?.si??d??.??.?n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?e?.bi?si?d?.?i.?n/, /?e?.bi?si?dæ?.i.?n/

Noun

abecedarian (plural abecedarians)

1. Someone who is learning the alphabet. [Early 17^th century.]
2. An elementary student, a novice; one in the early steps of learning. [Early 17^th century.]
3. (archaic) Someone engaged in teaching the alphabet; an elementary teacher; one that teaches the methods and principles of learning. [Early 17^th century.]
4. (rhetoric) A work which uses words or lines in alphabetical order.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:beginner

Adjective

abecedarian (comparative more abecedarian, superlative most abecedarian)

1. (now rare) Pertaining to someone learning the alphabet or basic studies; elementary; rudimentary. [Mid 17^th century.]
2. Pertaining to the alphabet, or several alphabets. [Mid 17^th century.]
3. Arranged in an alphabetical manner. [Mid 17^th century.]
4. Relating to or resembling an abecedarius.

Derived terms

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