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# teacher

«teacher» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person whose job is to help pupils learn, at school or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (teacher, teachers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A teacher is a person whose job is to help pupils learn, at school or in a class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teacher/#m1)

2) Anyone who teaches you something can be your teacher, like a swimming teacher. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teacher/#m2)

3) «Experience is the best teacher» means you learn by doing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teacher/#m3)

4) (casual) Pupils say «Miss» or «Sir» (UK, Ireland, Australia) to a teacher, and «teach» as a joke; «teacher's pet» teases a pupil the teacher likes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teacher/#m4)

5) (rough) Pupils sometimes call a strict teacher names behind her back («old dragon»); it is rude and does not change the facts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teacher/#m5)

6) (formal) «Educator», «instructor», «member of teaching staff» and «the invigilator» (who watches an exam) are stiff words for a teacher. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teacher/#m6)

### sense in the lessons

In school maths: a person in the story who gives things, divides pupils into groups, or is counted with pupils on a trip. In everyday life: class teacher, head teacher (principal), teaching assistant, a music teacher. In casual talk: «Miss said…», «sir's in a mood». In the exam voice: «a member of the teaching staff distributes…», «the invigilator». Phrases: «class teacher», «head teacher», «ask the teacher», «teacher's pet», «supply teacher» (a substitute).

### examples

- The teacher has 30 pencils for 10 pupils. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teacher/#x1)
- There are 4 teachers and 80 pupils. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teacher/#x2)
- The teacher gives each child 3 stickers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teacher/#x3)
- The teacher splits 24 children into 6 groups. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teacher/#x4)
- Our teacher reads us a story every afternoon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teacher/#x5)
- If you feel unsafe, tell a teacher. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teacher/#x6)
- My piano teacher says I am improving. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teacher/#x7)
- The teacher marked our tests. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teacher/#x8)
- teacher said 3 × 4 is 7?? that's wrong innit (casual, wrong claim) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teacher/#x9)
- Miss, can I go toilet? (casual, broken grammar) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teacher/#x10)
- Shut it, teacher's pet. (rough) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teacher/#x11)
- A member of the teaching staff distributes 24 exercise books equally among 6 groups; ascertain the number per group. (formal exam) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teacher/#x12)
- “And what will the teacher say?” [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teacher/#x13)

### note

Countable: «a teacher». Call a teacher by name and title («Mrs Smith», «Mr Lee», in some places «Miss» or «Sir»). Maths: a person; often the one who shares (division) or gives (multiplication). Trap: when counting people on a trip, include the teachers. Trap: a teacher can make a slip too — check a claim like «3 × 4 is 7» instead of believing it. Formal «educator», «instructor» = teacher. Safety: a teacher is a trusted adult to tell when something is wrong.

### In the corpora

- [Never accuse someone because "everyone says"; accusations are for a teacher to look into.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/49-how-to-handle-gossip/18/)
- [His teacher knew straight away, because she knows how Connor writes and where he went.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/9-the-essay-the-teacher-spotted/2/)
- [Teachers know how their pupils usually write, so a sudden fancy style stands out.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/9-the-essay-the-teacher-spotted/8/)
- [Chatbots have a typical style, with words like "furthermore" and "in conclusion", that teachers learn to notice.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/9-the-essay-the-teacher-spotted/9/)
- [Teachers often allow AI for brainstorming but not for writing your work; ask first when unsure.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/10-using-ai-to-learn-not-to-copy/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «teacher» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teacher/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.