teaching

Etymology 1

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

noun

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 he/she teaches.
   Teaching has seen continual changes over the past decades.
   I have found a teaching job.
   a teaching assistant

Etymology 2

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

verb

1. present participle and gerund of teach