teachable
pronunciation
How to pronounce teachable in British English:
UK [ˈti:tʃəbl]
How to pronounce teachable in American English:
US [ˈtitʃəbəl]
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- Adjective:
- ready and willing to be taught
Word Origin
- teachable (adj.)
- late 15c., "capable of being taught" (of persons), from teach (v.) + -able. Of subjects, from 1660s. Teachable moment, attested from 1917, not common until after c. 1960, extends the sense to "appropriate for instruction." Related: Teachableness.
Example
- 1. That they have teachable spirits and open hearts .
- 2. Creativity is no more teachable than heritable .
- 3. But after so many examples and teachable moments that lead to so little change , he argued , " it 's more like a snooze alarm " that jolts us for a moment ; in no time at all , he said , we " drift back into a level of complacency . "
- 4. Experience teaches only the teachable .
- 5. This is why you cannot grow without a humble , teachable attitude .