teach out
C1 formal inseparable transitive
In simple words
To finish teaching a course that is going to be closed, so that the students who already started can still complete it.
Literal meaning: To teach a programme all the way out to its conclusion.
Meanings
1 C1 formal
To continue delivering a course or academic programme until all enrolled students have completed it, even though no new students are being admitted.
"The university agreed to teach out the nursing programme so that second-year students could graduate."
Grammar: inseparable
Usage notes
An institutional and academic term used by universities, colleges, and professional training bodies when a programme is being discontinued but existing students need to be allowed to finish. Also seen as a compound noun: 'teach-out plan.'
Commonly used with
programme course degree students cohort curriculum
Forms
Base
teach out
I/you/we/they
3rd person
teaches out
he/she/it
Past simple
taught out
yesterday
Past participle
taught out
have + pp
-ing form
teaching out
continuous
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