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[ tee-chuh-buhl ] / ˈti tʃə bəl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR teachable ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivecapable of being instructed, as a person; docile. capable of being taught, as a subject. Origin of teachableFirst recorded in 1475–85; teach + -able OTHER WORDS FROM teachableteach·a·bil·i·ty, teach·a·ble·ness, nounteach·a·bly, adverbnon·teach·a·bil·i·ty, nounnon·teach·a·ble, adjective non·teach·a·ble·ness, nounnon·teach·a·bly, adverbun·teach·a·ble, adjective Words nearby teachableTEAC, tea caddy, teacake, teacart, teach, teachable, teachable moment, teach a lesson, teach an old dog new tricks, teacher, teacherage Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for teachableAnd so now we need to remember a very wise maxim: A teachable moment only has value if you are willing to be taught. Flight 370 Didn’t Disappear: We Missed It|Clive Irving|March 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST The students, a handful of them Democratic activists, nod appreciatively at what the president might call a “teachable moment.” The Democrats’ Last Woman Standing: New Hampshire’s Maggie Hassan|Allison Yarrow|November 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST I realize what clearly many others seem to forget—that not every moment is a teachable one. Why It Makes Sense That Michelle Obama Would Trade Places With Beyoncé|Allison Samuels|June 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST It takes far less than 46 days for a teachable moment to devolve into an airing of fetid undercurrents from the American id. What Got George Zimmerman Charged With Second-Degree Murder|Jelani Cobb|April 12, 2012|DAILY BEAST
When Obama heralds another “teachable moment,” it means he has already made an egregious rookie mistake. The Obama Gang Can't Shoot Straight|Tina Brown|July 26, 2010|DAILY BEAST They are assured by the success of this book that agriculture is eminently a teachable subject. Agriculture for Beginners|Charles William Burkett Thus the great lesson of life is to practise the search for knowledge—and if virtue is knowledge it will be teachable. Authors of Greece|T. W. Lumb Only be teachable, and you have already made much way in this philosophy. The Oxford Reformers|Frederic Seebohm Though she was a woman of very strong character and personality, she became as gentle and teachable as a little child. Riches of Grace|E. E. Byrum There exist no teachers of it; and therefore we must conclude that it is not teachable. Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume II (of 4)|George Grote
Words related to teachableable, amenable, apt, bright, docile, eager, intelligent, qualified, skilled, smart |