Definition of 'taught'
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taught in British English
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the past tense and past participle of
teach
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taught in American English
verb transitive, verb intransitive
pt. & pp. of
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
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