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UK/tɔːt/Australia, British, New Zealand, Southern, Standard/toːt/US/tɔt/US, cot caught merger/tɑt/

A form of teach — To pass on knowledge to.

OriginMiddle English taught(e) ← Old English tāhte ← Proto-Germanic *taihtē →
CommonScrabble 10
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Meanings

taught1

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of teach

taught2

adjective
  1. misspellingMisspelling of taut.

    The bevel of the needle should be up and the injection should be made through taught skin.

    2010 March 11, Deborah MacFarlane, Skin Cancer Management: A Practical Approach, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 117

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*taihtē
  2. Old Englishtāhte
  3. Middle Englishtaught(e)
  4. Englishtaught

From Middle English taught(e), tau(h)t(e), from Old English tāhte, tǣhte, from Proto-Germanic *taihtē.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with taught

thoughtairportboughtcaughtoughtfoughtwroughthautfraughttautnaughtdistraughtdreadnoughtaughtnoughtforethoughtMcNaughtghatcauthaughtbethoughtvautHadhramautoverthought
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Sounds the same

tauttort (non-rhotic)tot (cot–caught merger)thought (th-stopping)thot (cot–caught merger, th-stopping)

Anagrams

taghut
Cite this entry
APA

taught. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/taught

MLA

“taught.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/taught. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “taught,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/taught.

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