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Webster 1913 Edition


Teachable

Teach′a-ble

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Adj.
Capable of being taught; apt to learn; also, willing to receive instruction; docile.
We ought to bring our minds free, unbiased, and
teachable
, to learn our religion from the Word of God.
I. Watts.

Webster 1828 Edition


Teachable

TE'ACHABLE

,
Adj.
That may be taught; apt to learn; also, readily receiving instruction; docile.
We ought to bring our minds free, unbiased and teachable, to learn our religion from the word of God.

Definition 2024


teachable

teachable

English

Adjective

teachable (comparative more teachable, superlative most teachable)

  1. Capable of being taught; apt to learn.
  2. Willing to receive instruction or to learn; docile.
  3. That can be taught.
    Common sense is not a teachable subject.
  4. Facilitating teaching; instructive.
    • 2011, Marjorie Kostelnik, Kara Gregory, Anne Soderman, Guiding Children's Social Development and Learning (page 10)
      Such natural opportunities for social learning become teachable moments, in which children are motivated to learn new strategies.

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  • teachable in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
  • teachable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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