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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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